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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
This is true, but Jesus used a ritual that was very common in their society. It's not common in ours, and I think we lose a lot of the meaning because the ritual itself is so foreign to us.
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Whether the ritual is common or foreign, washing another person's feet whether dirty or clean remains just as repulsive in 2010 as it no doubt was when Jesus first set the example for us. If it is possible to agree with everybody, I think I can do so for the most part on everything I have read posted so far. I do think Jesus was using this act to illustrate the larger point of servitude, but on the other hand I can't say that washing someone's car has ever been a particularly humbling experience for me. There are many acts of kindness that I actually enjoy doing for people and such acts can actually serve to reinforce my problematic prideful attitude when I begin to pat myself on the back for how kind I have been. I have never enjoyed washing another person's feet, yet I have witnessed the same things Sis. Alvear mentioned...situations where the atmosphere of humility permeating the foot-washing service literally dissolved the bands of strife and disunity caused by pride. When self-centered-ness, apathy, or laziness is my problem, washing a car might get me back on the straight and narrow. But when pride is the problem, I can think of nothing that will adjust my attitude quite like a basin of water, a towel, and a pair of feet that don't belong to me!
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