Admiration
Updated: Feb 12, 2021
first of all,
to look at the other
requires us
to stop looking
at ourselves.
but it is only from a lower position,
in the act of looking up,
that we can
a d m i r e.
in looking down,
we have created
pedestals,
declaring
a greater and less than.
to truly love
is not to have attachment
to positions,
roles in relationships,
or status.
to serve
not out of piety
or privilege.
but an honest
reverence
and adoration
for the other.
the pain -
yet the l o v e -
mary felt
looking up
to her son,
suffering.
the cross represents
the lowly,
yet
she
still
looks
up.
only by being lower than the other,
are we at an angle to possess
admiration.
God came,
in flesh,
to prove this point.
"jesus took off his outer garments,
tied a towel around his waist,
put water in a basin,
and began washing the disciples feet."
how often do we respond like peter?
"you shall never wash my feet,"
he says.
unafraid of the power and worth
of God's love
and to be truly seen
by the highest among all.
jesus responds to peter,
and to us,
"if i do not wash you,
you have no part of me."