Clean

I took a warm shower today. First warm water in a week. It felt so good. I had been trying to figure out why there were so many puddles along the side of the road, since it has not rained the whole time we have been here. I just realized a couple days ago that those aren't just any puddles. Them theres some sewage. Everything made a little more sense. You have to be careful where you walk along the road avoiding small "streams" that may cross your way, winding in between homes, also avioding the little surprise that Betsy or one of her many cousins may have dropped along the way as they wonder about aimlessly (for those not from the Midwest, when I say Betsy I mean cow). Glad we cleared that up. Anyways a couple days ago we were talking about Christ. How he emptied himself and took the form of a servant in Philippians chapter 2. Kenosis. I ended the class with a foot washing as we read through John 13. It amazing that you don't have to think very hard here to try to imaging why it would have have been nice to have your feet washed in Jesus day. Hot days, traveling on dusty roads by foot. Feet dirty from the open toed sandals and sweat mixing with dirt along with possible other wonderful surprizes from a cow, donkey, or camel, mixed in with it all along the way. Why would anyone want to wash feet? Why did Jesus wash feet?

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death— even death on a cross! Philippians

Father thank you for the servant hearts of these men. Thank you for your example in your Son. Help me to better reflect your Son.