24 hours to live...

You have just received a phone call.
The caller has announced with great authority and credibility that you have 24 hours to live.
What would you do?
Where would you go?
Who would you call?
What would you say?
Would you write a letter?
Would you "air out" some grievances? Let a few people know how you feel about them after holding it inside for many years?
How would you like to be known for how you spent your last 24?

My iWitness...

Jesus received that call.
Of course, Jesus knew all along that He was born to die.
And with that Jesus had to face the same questions as listed above.

I wonder if I would spend it the way Jesus did.

In the last 24 hours of life, Jesus...
     hung out with his 12 closest friends
          did not hang out with his family (where were his brothers and sisters?)
               ate an intimate meal with the one who would betray Him.
                    and then washed the disciples' feet

He served...

On this Maundy Thursday, with the death of Jesus only 24 hours away, may we honor Him by finding a way to serve the people He loves...

"Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart our of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him." (John 13. 1-5)
                    
And that's my iWitness...
Laugh often and Fear not!
David!

ps - To my friends in Klamath Falls at the First Presbyterian Church. Our Maundy Thursday worship service was one of the highlights of the year for me. One of the things I loved about that service the most was the fact that I had the privilege of washing your feet. Thank you for giving me that great honor!!