How would you and I have reacted in the upper room when Jesus washes the disciples’ feet? How would you and I respond if someone we admired humbled himself to wash our feet, demonstrating a compassion that shocked us? It’s difficult to allow ourselves to be loved by another person if we have the mindset to fix others’ problems. It is also hard to love the person that wants to be the ‘I’ll take care of my own problems’ person. The one thing that hits me as we prepare for our Easter celebration, is that I’m so guilty of not allowing myself to be loved, as His Beloved child. I’m guilty of sticking to my agenda, not looking for who God has placed in my path.
“The sooner I learn to forget myself in the desire that He may be glorified, the richer will be the blessing that prayer will bring to myself. No one ever loses by what he sacrifices to the Father.” - Andrew Murray
“As we wait and pray, God weaves his story and creates a wonder. Instead of drifting between comedy (denial) and tragedy (reality), we have a relationship with the living God, who is intimately involved with the details of our worlds. We are learning to watch for the story to unfold, to wait for the wonder.” - Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life
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