Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Psalm 106:1-12
by: Susan Bond.
Ten years ago I sincerely sang, “His shame and reproach [I’ll] gladly bear.” The very next day I fell into sin and cried to my Savior, “You’re the one who has borne my shame and reproach.”
Ten days ago I promised Ron, a hired food-server at Youth Pre-Con, I would wash his feet. After Pre-Con’s own foot-washing service that night, I sought out Ron but was too late. The next day, he let me explain that I’d wanted to wash his feet because whatever I do for another, I am doing for Christ. At that point, instead of letting me wash his feet, he gave me a rose.
Jesus, Rose of Sharon, you keep exchanging my failure for your grace.