Loved by God

A new command, (different than the Old Covenant commandments) I give to you. "Love one another as I love you."

Imagine yourself sitting down and God in Christ , creator of all that is, coming over to you with a basin of water and a towel and one after the other washing the dirt off your feet and drying them. And imagine that accepting this one act is the entrance into every thing Jesus.

I mean imagine it right now! Go ahead and imagine Him, the God of the universe washing and drying your feet as the pre-requisite for relationship.

Does that blow you away? Is that humbling or what?

He then says "If I your Lord and teacher have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet."

The revelation of "being loved" is absolutely essential for "living loved."

Prayer, Bible reading, fasting, foot washing, giving etc. are the privilege of lovers, the response of being loved, never the means of attaining it.

You will never be more loved than you are right now. You will never be closer to God than you are right now.

Our joy in life is to discover and live daily in the fresh revelation of His love and nearness, experiencing the transformation it brings in us and around us, Joy, health, color, fragrance and flavor for you and your world.

Double Rainbow

Peter said "no way, you will never wash my feet."

Jesus responded, "If I do not wash you, you have no part in me."

Refusing to let Jesus wash my feet excludes me from not just his friendship but everything else. He says "I would have NO PART in Him."

The correct response would be "Lord, don't just wash my feet, wash me all over." But Jesus corrected Peter with "If you have had a bath you only need your feet washed."

Now that is a double rainbow right there! "WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?"

We can't just skip over this and proceed to the cross.
This was also the same night He would die as our sin and for our sin, by far the largest act of love God would accomplish on our behalf....but there is something really big right here.

God wants to wash my feet?

He carried my sin upon the cross.

He became sin for me.

But He also wants to serve me by washing my feet?

My approval gives me access to everything Jesus! but my refusal is ultimately my rejection of everything Jesus. If I let Him wash my feet I get everything, if I refuse I get nothing!

Nothing I can do qualifies me; neither fasting, prayer, foot washing, Bible reading, or church going.

The above "must do list" is for children in a dysfunctional or rather schizophrenic relationship with their heavenly Father! (The relationship is on again, off again, depending on me and what I am doing.)

I will never be closer to Jesus than I am when He washes my feet. I will never be closer to God than I am in this endearing moment. This is my daily quest! This pre-qualifies me for everything Jesus....discovering His love in the mundane ordinary life I live, in between my toes.

It is called "living loved."

Hahahahhahaha....double rainbow in the sky!

Friendship with Jesus, fellowship divine, OH what precious sweet communion, Jesus is a friend of mine!

Double Rainbow

Peter said "no way, you will never wash my feet."

Jesus responded, "If I do not wash you, you have no part in me."

Refusing to let Jesus wash my feet excludes me from not just his friendship but every thing else. He says "I would have NO PART in Him."

The correct response would be "Lord, don't just wash my feet, wash me all over."

But Jesus corrected Peter with "If you have had a bath you only need your feet washed."

Now that is a double rainbow right here! "WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?"

This was also the night He would die as our sin and for our sin.