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Dirty Feet: Why Receiving Christ's Love Changes Everything

Without notice, all of the lights went out.

A door slammed.

Some people gasped. I jumped, startled.

There was no cue, but we all filed out of the sanctuary. Nobody said a word.

It was finished.

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Jesus knew what waited for him the day after the Final Supper. We knew what this meant.

I drove home in complete silence.

I felt like the person I loved the most was dying because of something I did.

It wasn’t fair.

“Why? How?”

I’ve spent most of my life reflecting on Easter, the death and the resurrection, and have yet to reconcile it. I know it was what was meant to be. And who am I to take his cup?

I just need to stop trying to rationalize love.

And I need to let him kneel before me and wash my dirty, messed up, broken-hearted, fearful but eternally grateful feet.