Lessons from bits of chewed hamburger. Plates of pasta. Used napkins. Spilt Hibiscus Mint Tea.

Humility can not be divorced from service. So often in our heart of hearts when we “serve” others, we enjoy both the praise of both those we help and the envy of those onlookers who wish they were helping. But when we’re truly willing to do the jobs that no one else in the room wants to – whether that be bussing tables, hugging sweaty kids, cleaning various wastes, whatever anyone else does not want to spend their day doing – we participate in and complete Jesus life on earth. As he stooped to wash the feet of the disciples, he both humbled himself and lifted up those around him. When Peter decided that he should not have his feet washed, Jesus quickly reprimanded him. No one else in that room could serve those around him so purely as Christ himself

When we take off our outer garment of selfishness, we can be freed to release the power of Jesus to humbly serve when no one else wills or wants to because we do so as an act of love towards God by loving his people.