LEARNING HUMILITY

learning humility

Twelve men shuffled into the room
And, just as they had feared,
No servant with a basin of water
To wash their dusty feet, appeared.
They had come by invitation
To share in the Passover feast.
Each stubbornly sat with his dirty feet
Not wanting to appear to be least.
Then He rose, and quietly took a towel.
With a basin of water He knelt
And washed and dried His disciples’ feet.
I wonder how they felt.

© Nesta F Sutherland 2014

If I then, your Lord and Master,
have washed your feet, ye also ought
to wash one another’s feet.
John 13:14