Jun
16
2015
Dangling Feet
Posted in Salvation 2 Comments
I attended a beautiful baby shower over the weekend.
The baby shower was for a mother-to-be that I have known for years.
One of my daughters was the maid of honor at her wedding.
This precious mother-to-be spent many hours at my house.
And now in less than eight weeks, she and her husband will be parents.
They are expecting a baby girl.
They have chosen her name.
Now they wait.
The shower had a French theme.
The music playing on the Pandora radio station was that of a French cafe.
Everything about the shower was elegant.
We spent the afternoon outside enjoying good food and fellowship.
The weather cooperated and held back any rain.
The weather did not cooperate since it was terribly hot and humid.
I keep looking at the mother-to-be and wondered if the heat bothered her.
I remember giving birth to my second daughter during a heat wave.
We played one shower game that was quite a challenge.
We were given a list of English words that pertained to a baby.
We had to match those English words with their French counterpart.
Me, the lover of words, thought I could guess by looking at the root word.
I got four out of thirteen words wrong.
So much for trying to figure out root words without knowing any French.
We enjoyed delicious light summer salads on china dishes.
We had strawberry lemonade and cucumber water in lovely glasses wet with humidity.
As we ate, young girls, relatives of the mother-to-be, served us.
May I take your plate? They sweetly asked.
They served expertly.
We sat around the in-ground pool at cafe tables with long white tablecloths.
Yet the pool beckoned.
All of the women looked at the cool water longingly.
All the women were dressed in summer sundresses or skirts.
Then somebody had an idea.
Why don’t we all sit by the pool and put our feet in the water to cool off?
This wise person said what everyone else was thinking.
Everyone finished their dessert of delicate pastries and madeleines.
As soon as our tables were cleared, we all moved over to the pool.
Around the perimeter of the pool the women in summer sundresses and skirts sat.
Every one of us had our feet dangling in the clear, cool water.
It was wonderful.
The water cooled us off just perfectly.
Even the mother-to-be sat with her feet in the water as well.
Each of her presents was brought to her and she opened them there.
She opened her gifts right near the water’s edge.
She opened her gifts while we all dangled our feet in the water.
I watched her and thought about the circle of life.
This young woman was a girl who spent many hours at my house.
She sat at my kitchen counter eating M&M’s out of my chicken feeder dispenser.
She ate those M&M’s with her fiance as they talked about their plans.
At her wedding shower, I gave her own chicken feeder for her own M&M’s.
It was our bond; it was a reminder of the place where we had many conversations.
I dangled my feet in the water and I remembered.
Soon, there will be a new generation of M&M eaters and foot danglers.
When all the gifts were opened, the mother of the mother-to-be made a suggestion.
We should all hold hands and jump right in, as everyone laughed.
Tempting as it was, we all got up and headed home.
But that water looked so refreshing.
It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to to Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He now showed them the full extent of His love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under His power, and that He had come from God and was returning to God; 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. He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.” “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well.” (John 13:1-9)
I thought of the Servant Lordship of Jesus as my feet dangled in the water.
I thought of the mother of the mother-to-be suggesting we all hold hands and jump in.
Not just my feet, but my hands and head as well.
I imagined Jesus standing there with a towel around His waist.
This shower gave me a glimpse of heaven all afternoon.
Can you imagine Jesus at the Wedding Supper of the Lamb serving us.
Can I take your plate? He asks as He reaches with a nail scarred hand.
After the meal is finished and the fellowship continues, Jesus continues to serve.
He that washed feet with a basin and towel around His waist still serves His people.
Jesus is our Servant Lord.
Jesus calls and we answer, as we are submerged in the Water.
A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean though not every one of you. (John 13:10)
Oh, to be clean with the Living Water.
To have had the bath of New Life, the cool refreshing Living Water washing over you.
Now, you only need a foot washing, a dangling of feet to wash off the world’s grime.
Come to Jesus each day and allow Him to wash your feet with the Water of His Word.
Cool Living Water.
Refreshing Living Water.
Water that beckons.
Dangle your feet as He serves.
Beautiful story–a little glimpse of heaven on earth. Won’t it be wonderful to be with our Lord in a glorious place with our loved ones around us!
Sue,
It will be wonderful. We have quite a lot to look forward to. We can only imagine all the things the Father has planned.
Gina