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Wet Feet

There is something almost comical about it at first. I took the dog to the park because I knew I would be away for pastors’ Bible study. The grass was wet. My sneakers got soaked. I went home, changed my socks, and thought I had solved the problem. Then on the hour drive I realized my feet were getting wet again, because of course the shoes themselves were still wet. So now, during Bible study, my feet have been wet. Damp. Cool. Probably getting more shriveled by the hour.

Yet somehow it feels fitting.

Not dramatic. Not grand. Just fitting.

I think of the phrase “getting my feet wet,” as though ministry, faith, and discipleship are things I ease into gradually, carefully, at a manageable depth. But some days it doesn’t feel like that. Some days it feels more like simply having wet feet and carrying on. Not preparation for service, not a metaphor about a faithful beginning, but the thing itself. Wet feet. A small discomfort that stays with me. A quiet bodily reminder that I am not moving through the day untouched.

And sitting here, I cannot help but think of Jesus washing feet.

Not the polished image of it. Not the sentimental church painting version. But the actual strangeness of it. Wet feet. Dirty feet. Vulnerable feet. Tired feet. The feet that carried dust, ache, story, and status. The Lord kneeling with basin and towel. The Most High God attending to what is lowest. Not avoiding the human mess, but stooping into it.

Maybe there is something right about reflecting on servant life while sitting in damp shoes.

Because service is rarely abstract. It is seldom dry and comfortable. It does not usually happen in pristine conditions, after everything has been neatly changed and arranged. Often it is inconvenient. Often it lingers. Often I think I have addressed the problem, only to discover the wetness has seeped through again. I change the socks, but the shoes are still soaked. I try to reset myself, but the deeper discomfort remains.

That, too, may be part of ministry.

I carry wetness with me. The sorrows of others. The unfinished conversations. The burdens that seep through. The humble tasks nobody notices. The little irritations that become, strangely, occasions of grace. And maybe part of following Jesus is not always finding a way to stay dry, but learning how to keep loving with wet feet.

Jesus washed feet not because feet are noble, but because they are ordinary. Necessary. Exposed. Human. He met his friends there, at ground level. And then he told them to do likewise.

So perhaps wet feet are not the worst thing.

Perhaps they are a reminder.

A reminder that I am not above the ground.
A reminder that discipleship is tactile.
A reminder that love kneels.
A reminder that service is not clean.
A reminder that holiness may sometimes smell like damp shoes and feel like wrinkled skin.

In some ways, it seems fitting to go through this day with wet feet.
Maybe, in some ways, it seems right to go through life that way too.

Not just getting my feet wet,
but having them wet—
as one who follows the Christ
who washed feet,
and who still seems to meet me there,
down low,
with basin,
with towel,
with love.

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James Russel Miller, Pennsylvanian Presybterian pastor and publisher, on 2 Co 8. He says a grasping, covetous, miserly Christian is a misnomer, not the kind of follower that Christ is looking for. In the same passage he quotes a priest who says he never had anyone come to confession admitting to covetousness.

Would anyone have any admonition about covetousness today?

How can you help those in famine?

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To "see," is to have the truth.

John 9:41 "Jesus said unto them, If you were blind, you would have no sin: but now you say, We see; and so your sin remains."

In the beginning, Adam and Eve didn't know they were naked. Like children, they were blind to sin. Once sin opened their eyes, that changed. With the knowledge of their nakedness, they also became responsible for staying clothed. They would have needed to replace their fig-leaves daily, if not for God's intervention. He gave them garments of skin and clothed them. They only needed to keep them on. (Genesis 3:21) This reminds me of the daily sacrifice in the temple. God intervened for us through the sacrifice made by our Savior, Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:5) We can wear our "robe of righteousness," if we will daily "put on Christ," and let Him work through us. (Romans 6:4-6, Romans 13:8-14, Philippians 1:21)

Jesus' words in John 9:41 are summed up in James 4:17 "To the one who knows what is good, and does not do it, to him, it is sin." (1 Samuel 3:13)

When we covenant with God, we're dedicated to keeping our eyes on Him and one another. (James 1:27, Proverbs 19:17) Scripture shows us the blessing it is to have God's eye on us. (Psalm 32:8, Psalm 33:18, Psalm 34:15, Ezra 5:5, 2 Chronicles 16:9, 1 Peter 3:12)

We're also blessed to keep our eyes toward Him and His covenant. We do this by reading the Bible. We learn to become like Him by observing how to follow in Jesus' footsteps. When we're on God's path of love, we can trust Him to meet our needs, both temporary and eternal. (Psalm 5:3, Psalm 121:1-2, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Psalm 141:8, Psalm 86:11)

The Jews have many ways to keep their covenant with God in view. What guideposts have you set up to keep you on God's path? May we keep our Father's lovingkindness before our eyes, so we can walk in His truth. (Psalm 26:3)

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