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More Heart to Heart: Godly Wisdom Woman To Woman
By:
Valerie Jean Hallowell
• 1 min. read • grade level: 5
“Ye ought also to wash one another’s feet.”
John 13:14
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If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. (John 13:14)
“Good works . . . if she have washed the saints’ feet.”
1 Timothy 5:10
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Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. (1 Timothy 5:10)
“By love serve one another.”
Galatians 5:13
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For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Galatians 5:13)
“He giveth more grace.”
James 4:6
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But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. (James 4:6)
God Himself is a giver and we should be no less. While foot washing primarily has spiritual significance, it was also a very real meeting of a physical need. It took energy to trek to the well to get water, and humility to kneel down and gently bathe dirty feet. Perhaps the feet were stinky as well. Our children have many physical needs as infants, and meeting them requires a lot of a mother’s energy. As they get older, they still need to be fed, clothed, and nurtured. Our husbands also have physical and hormonal needs that God asks us to meet. Maybe we are tired; maybe we are not in the mood. Whatever our state, this is God’s word to us: “By love serve one another.” He gives the needed grace to fulfil His will as we depend on Him!
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