The Slogan

     The slogan, “People aren’t always awful.  Sometimes, they’re maybe even just a little bit wonderful,” made me stop and think about just what I look for in a person and how do others see me? 

     Often if we look for the worse, that is just what we will receive, but if we interact in a positive way then we can often change or turn around a negative reaction.  In order to do this we must put aside our pride and place someone else, someone we actually may not like a whole lot, before our own feelings and needs.  We have to become the servant. 

     Jesus gave us a very good example to follow.  During the feast of the Passover, when He knew his final hour was come, He could have asked the disciples to wash His feet; He could have asked anything, at that time, of His disciples and they would have gladly done it.  Yet, “He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments: and took a towel, and girded himself.  After that he poureth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girdeth.”  Later Jesus said that He was giving an example, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is greater than he that sent him.” 

     As we reflect on how Jesus stooped to wash the feet of others, we need to reflect on how we serve and interact with others in our daily lives and remember, “People aren’t always awful.  Sometimes, they’re maybe even just a little bit wonderful.”