On Maundy Thursday, Judy Harris considers what love looks like.
Today we sit inside a story about love 鈥� a love that never turns away, a love that keeps giving and giving.
It was evening. The room was quiet.
Jesus Christ sat at the table with friends on the night we now call Maundy Thursday.
They were sharing a meal together, just like friends do.
But Jesus wanted them to understand something important.
He stood up slowly.
He picked up a towel.
He knelt down.
And one by one, He washed their feet.
It was a servant鈥檚 job 鈥� not a king鈥檚 job.
Yet the One they called Lord chose to kneel.
The King chose a towel instead of a crown.
Perhaps His friends wondered, Why is He doing this?
And Jesus seemed to say, without needing many words,
鈥淭his is how much I love you.鈥�
Then He took bread, broke it gently, and shared it with them.
鈥淭his is my body, given for you.鈥�
It was as if Jesus was saying,
鈥淚 love you this much 鈥� enough to give myself.鈥�
Not just with words.
With actions.
Love helps.
Love shares.
Love includes.
Love is kind 鈥� even when it鈥檚 hard.
Love kneels.
Love serves.
Love welcomes.
Love looks small sometimes 鈥� like a towel, or a piece of bread, or a quiet act of kindness.
But small acts can hold very big love.
So this week, we might ask ourselves:
How can we show love like this?
Maybe by helping someone without being asked.
Maybe by sitting beside someone who feels alone.
Maybe by forgiving, or sharing, or simply being kind.
Because love is not only something we say.
Love is something we do.
And Jesus shows us just how much love can reach.
Judy Harris is the URC’s Children’s and Youth Development Officer in the National Synod of Wales
Image: Washing of the Feet by John August Swanson, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN