Emphasis Preaching Journal

When we give flowers to another, it's a quiet way of saying we love that person. When we assist someone with their topcoat, we act as a servant to the person and the kind deed says we care about them. The same is true of the washing of feet. That was Jesus' way of telling his friends he cared for them and, in fact, was anxious to be a servant to demonstrate his love was sincere -- not just words. It was a pre-figuring of the greater sacrifice of the cross which would soon follow.