Wash my feet, and my hands and my head

He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?" Jesus answered him, "What I am doing, you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand." Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me." Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!" -John 13: 6-9

With his crucifixion imminent, Christ washes his disciples' feet (including Judas') in an act of love. As I read through this passage, I am struck by Peter's earnestness and desire to experience God's love.  Not only his feet, but he wants Christ's act of love to wash over hands, to wash over his head. Little does he realize that Christ's impending death will be the ultimate act of love that washes his heart.

So Christ, let your love clean these hands, these words and thoughts and actions, this heart. Let your love transform me to reflect your love and let it seep into the lives of others. Help your words become a reality in my life: "For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Galatians 5:14). Truly, I can only love my neighbor if You are in the center of my heart.