Jesus of the Towel

Before the cross…
Before the garden…
Before the rooster crows and the curtain tears…

Jesus is on a dusty floor with a towel with dirty feet in his hands.

Jesus makes God’s love known.
Not in grandeur or miracles.
Not even in words.

But in touch.
In water on worn feet.
In shame, exposed and gently undone.

“Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
Peter, the leader …