Maundy thursday quotes2/4/2023 ![]() Yes, it was a little awkward–untying double-knotted laces in a folding chair at the front of the church–but it was also humbling. Last year, though, I caved and let my feet be washed. ![]() To take off your shoes and socks in the middle of service? With my luck, I’d probably find I’m wearing a pair of old socks with holes in them. Over the years our pastor has always washed feet on Maundy Thursday and quite frankly, I’ve felt a little like Peter. It made Peter uncomfortable enough that he exclaimed, “No! You will never wash my feet.” That He would wash feet was a complete reversal of roles. What’s more, Jesus was their leader, their Teacher, their King, their Messiah. ![]() To wash someone’s sandaled feet would be to know exactly where they had walked. Think about how dirty feet would have gotten in that era before asphalt roads, concrete sidewalks, underground sewers and lace-up sneakers. ![]()
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