We are to wash feet, not splatter mud around, thereby smearing reputations. The water should be neither too hot nor too cold. Telling someone his faults with malice or glee makes the water boiling or freezing. A scolding becomes a scalding, or an icing.

We, who are saved, have all been given a Ministry of Reconciliation. The word reconciliation brings to mind a picture of something which is broken and pulled apart and then joined or brought together. The dictionary meaning of this word is the end of disagreement and the return to friendly relations -to re-unite.

A godly life is a life of rest. A godly life is a life of work. Scripture places rest and work side by side and sees them both as good. (an excerpt from Ufe@Work)

If it weren’t for Hebrews 11:1, perhaps the case of blind Bartimaeus would be most fitting. How much further could it get than a blind man’s hope for being able to see.