Clean feet

After John 13:1-17

To wash the feet of another

is an act of humility, an act

of service, an act of servanthood,

recognizing that to lead 

is to serve, to wash the feet

is to disregard 

where the feet have been,

the feet encrusted 

with dirt and mud and filth

from the walking, the journey.

To wash the feet is 

to ignore the calluses and 

scars and deadened skin.

To wash the feet is

to accept those feet,

that heart, that soul,

touching those feet

with eternity.

Photograph by Cristian Newman via Unsplash. Used with permission.