What a great day, with great ladies! The John verses were great to talk through today. All of us agreed it was hard to read these verses and not focus on the fact that Jesus, who was fully aware Judas would betray him, still washed Judas’ feet!! Can’t say I would do to same to a person who I knew would hand me over to be killed in a few hours. But that is what makes Jesus and us very different. Jesus was definitely looking at the big picture – saving the world!
Looking at this passage from the disciples perspective, also proves to be interesting. These feet were not clean feet – walking on dusty roads, that had animals also walking on them (read between the lines there), in sandals. And here is their “Lord” and “Teacher” washing their feet. This was the job of a servant and not just any servant the LOWEST servant got stuck washing the feet of the guests. Not sure where the servant of the house was, maybe with his master, this was however a borrowed room. But if the servant wasn’t there to wash the feet someone should have done it. And the last person it should have been was Jesus. Can you imagine the looks the disciples were giving each other? 
We also spent some time soaking in the fact that we need to be humble servants, as Jesus was. And what do we get out of it? We will be blessed. Wow blessed by God is something I would love to be. And so we saw a little of that blessing today as we “washed” each others feet. We didn’t scrub as Jesus might have had to do and I am glad to say none of the ladies needed the washing, but we spent some time praying for each other as we humbled ourselves and served another lady. Hmm…I wonder if Jesus prayed individually for each of the disciples as he washed their feet? And if so, what did he pray for Judas? For God to forgive him, maybe?
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