Dirty Feet

    The last supper with Jesus was an eventful meal. The meal itself was unique as it happened during the Passover, which is a special meal eaten every spring by the Jews. However, one of the most interesting details is that Christ washed his apostles feet. Now, to truly understand what that means it's important to know that in their time they didn't have socks, they didn't even have shoes! Instead they mostly walked around in thin sandals on dusty and dirty roads. Needless to say, their feet would have been the dirtiest part of their body. Moreover, their feet were likely the part of their body that they cleaned the least, because they're hard to reach and nobody pays attention to them. However, more is at play here than merely washing feet. 
   The most important aspect of this act is found with Peter's response which reads: "Peter saith unto him, Thou needest not to wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me."(John 13: 8) Peter likely saw the washing of the feet as demeaning, and as their leader Peter didn't want Christ to stoop down to that level Nonetheless, Christ points out that it must be done, otherwise Peter would not have been clean and would have had no part with himself, Christ. This event relates perfectly to what Christ is able to do with each of us, if we allow him. Christ can spiritually cleanse the dirtiest parts of our soul.. By denying him access to our hardest to reach sins we deny ourselves the ability to be apart of Christ. Although it can be hard and even awkward, repentance is essential and by repenting Christ can truly purify us so that we can be worthy of the Spirit and be worthy of heaven.