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Originally Posted by Bro. Robbins
Robbins is the name.....
And no judging going on here.... just don't understand why someone would take of the cup and bread and not the humiliation and service portion of the service.... (SIDEBAR: the Bible doesn't condemn judging, but puts parameters on what is Biblical Judging and what isn't, but that's a sidebar and not part of this thread.)
The very reasons that so many say why they don't do it, is why I do. I am a very, very private man... love my own personal space... don't want to touch anyone else, and don't want them touching me. I've lived alone for 17 years because I like my space... I cherish it.
So I make myself take part in Foot Washing Service when I have the opportunity so that my flesh can take the good beating it deserves and I can be put in that place of service, humility and even humiliation that we should be in not only for the Kingdom but also toward one another.
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Then that is good for you. I wash full humans all the time... even the cracks and crevices... and I've washed them alive and dead. I do not need to wash someones pantyhose clad feet to feel humble. I actually think it's kinda dumb (no offense intended to anyone who believes it important). I would think that a more humbling experience for someone who really enjoys personal space would be to invite some unlovely people into your home and cook them a meal and serve it on a regualr basis, or open your home to someone who has none, or go hold a dying drug addicted baby who has no one to love it while it passes.
This is one of my (admittedly many) gripes with organized religion... we have turned what was everyday life in Bible times, like washing the dust off of a travelers feet (after they had trod miles in the desert in sandals) and annointing their cracked bruised feet with oil for healing... Into a ritual done in a controlled enviornment, namely the 'church' and then we see ourselves as 'holy' for participating. And worse then that we see those who don't participate in a negative way. I feel the same way about communion in the way it is served as a sacrament... Better to get together with friends who are believers and remember the goodness of the Lord and His sacrifice and break a fresh loaf of hot crusty bread and have a glass of wine in His name and to His Honor.
Deep and sincere apologies for getting your name wrong. It is one of my biggest frustrations that I am not good with names. Quite embarrasing.
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