Since it’s Sunday, I’ve been thinking about whether I want to talk about the religious aspects of my life on my blog, other than mentioning I’m a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I don’t want anyone to feel like I’m “pushing” my religion on them. But, with that being said, my religion’s a huge part of my life and I feel like the purpose of my blog is to share my life with others. As such, it’s only natural to include the religious aspects of my life as well.
At church today, one of the things we talked about was the importance of the Savior washing the apostles’ feet. When the Savior came to Peter, Peter said, “Thou shalt never wash my feet” (John 13:8). Peter didn’t want the Savior to stoop to the level of a servant. (During the Savior’s time, it was customary for servants to wash their master’s feet.) Peter thought that it should be him washing the Savior’s feet, not the other way around.
The Savior answered Peter by saying, “If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me” (John 13:8), illustrating to Peter His divine purpose. In that single sentence, the Savior teaches us so much. He teaches us no man is better than another and He is “willing” to stoop, if you will, to a lower level to fulfill the Lord’s purpose. Washing the apostles’ feet was insignificant compared to the Atonement, yet it was necessary so He could teach the apostles by example.
As I sat in class pondering what the Savior did, I realized how grateful we should be for His example and His willingness to lower Himself to our level. If He wasn’t, the Atonement would’ve never occurred and we wouldn’t be able to return to our Heavenly Father.
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One thing that I think of when I read that scripture is that we have to be willing to accept what the Savior has done for us. We need to let him forgive us of our sins and we need to be willing to let the Atonement work in our lives.