Holy Thursday

I realized some time ago that I have no pictures of just you, Daddy.

Mommy is always at your side. I like that.

Another visit to the hospital...another new challenge.

This time it is your foot.

I gathered the bowl of warm water

and placed the towel at the foot of your wheelchair,

I lovingly placed your ailing foot into the water,

and gently caressed the failing skin,

The image of Mary Magdalene came to mind...

washing the feet of Jesus with her tears...

and then Jesus washing the feet of the Disciples

on that Most Holy Thursday of the Last Supper.

Such a simple gesture became a moment of Holiness

as I realized for the first time what Jesus meant

when He instructed the Disciples to wash eachother's feet...

We are to serve each other.

And as God would have it,

That day was Thursday.

A Most Holy Thursday.

I feel that God is so close right now...surrounding our family

and I am walking in Grace.

Nothing matters but this moment we are living right now.

It is so easy to take care of you and Mommy.

Susan Ashton described walking in Grace

best in her song:

"I once was lost but You found me and brought me here.

Now there's a halo over me

in amazing grace land."