Wash Your Spouses Feet

by | Oct 10, 2024 | Family Life, Marriage, Marriage Prep, Prayer, Spirituality

So when He had washed their feet, He said to them: “Do you know what I have done for you? You call me Lord and Teacher; and you are right, for so I am. If I then, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.” John 13:12-14. 

If you’re planning a wedding, congratulations! Engagement is a wonderful and terrible time all rolled into a few months. There’s so much anticipation it’s hard to hold it together sometimes. But when planning your wedding, it’s amazing to think about the life you want to live in your marriage. Your wedding can reflect that in so many ways.

Wedding traditions are for the couple to treasure.

From tossing the bouquet to feeding each other the first bite of cake, tradition is for new spouses to enjoy and treasure. Picking the first dance song is so special. Choosing how you’re sent off is one of the most fun things you’ll ever do. One tradition that doesn’t get much attention is washing each other’s feet. As Christ humbled himself to wash the feet of His apostles, some couples elect to wash one another’s feet as part of their wedding reception.

Why wash each other’s feet?

Throughout our marriages, we are all called to wash our spouse’s feet. Whether we choose to do it physically or not, this is our vocation. Washing one another’s feet means humbling ourselves. It means putting the other first. Washing feet means honoring the other person as someone greater than ourselves. If Jesus washed His apostles’ feet, even Judas’, we ought to wash one another’s feet.

When we get married, we are accepting the vocation to put our spouse before ourselves. We are consenting to love, honor, and cherish them. In so many ways, we are promising to wash their feet. Whether we put it in our weddings our not, we are signing up to wash their feet every day. Marriage is not built on love, but on sacrifice. Sacrifice is what holds us through every storm. Washing each other’s feet is what keeps us loving one another through every hardship.

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Michelle C. Martin

Michelle graduated from Texas Tech University with her husband, Joshua, in May 2021 and married him in June on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She has a degree in Communication Studies and has loved growing in knowledge of healthy and authentic relationships during her time in college and adulthood. Michelle and Joshua currently reside in Lubbock, TX where he works as an architect and she loves life as a stay-at-home wife and mother to their children, Peter and Cecilia.

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