Inspirations

            So, he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.              Washing a person’s feet is something that has lost significance in our society.    Es pecially in first world countries.    Almost everyone can wash their own feet.    It’s no wonder that this narrative seems to have lost significance.              While washing the feet of your guests when they visit is something that has  fallen by the wayside, I hope that we can look at the principle behind it and  see  what the intent was.    Was the intent that everyone goes around literally washing people...

Have you ever had someone ask you for something?  What was your reaction?  Sometimes, I hate to admit it, but I get slightly annoyed.  About a week ago, I had someone ask to help provide a dinner.  My first thought?  Really?  So I did the Christian thing.  I said I’ll have to “pray” about it. I did, and God said, “Help her”!   As I was fixing the meal, my attitude was still not very good.  That was when God started meddling.  He said, “Sharon, think of my life”.  I did and then he asked, “When did I ever do anything for someone that they did not ask me to do”.  OUCH!  I have to admit it, but as I thought about that, I began to realize that I was the one with the problem, not her.  Jesus, aside from his work on the cross, did not do any act of healing or other miracle without someone asking.  In fact, Jesus tells us to ask.  Strike that!  He commands us to ask, and he wants us to ask.  If he expec...

  Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value  others  above yourselves.  Philippians 2:3 You know you’re invisible when…   You wait in line for your turn, and they skip over you. You swipe your hands under the automatic faucet, and it won’t turn on. Your parents move and forget to tell you. You speak, and no one responds. The waiter comes and takes your food while you are eating. You walk through airport security and no one notices. You don’t have a name. You move and no one notices for days. Some of these are funny and yet the stark reality is that, at times, we all feel as though we are invisible.  We feel as if we have a shroud of invisibility wrapped around us.  We have all experienced the sting of being skipped over, forgotten and lost in the shuffle as though we don’t exist.  No one enjoys that feeling of being invisible.  God wants us to be concerned with the people aroun...