.Saturday, December 05, 2009 ' 10:40 AM Y
Jesus the Pedicuristto some of you, you might hear what i shared about having the "God awareness factor". so here's a post abt it.
went to JB for some light shopping few weeks back. did my cheap yet value-for-money pedicure there. frankly, this is only my 2nd time doing pedicure. was wearing slippers that day and as you know how smoky and dirty the roads might be in msia, i went into the shop with my not-so clean feet. i was abit paiseh at first when the pedicurist asked me to lift up my feet high and right in front of her.
instead of taking a bucket of water to clean my feet first, she used a wet towel to clean my feet. i was paiseh to the max. there after she told me that i have fungus growing on my toe nails (yucks!) and she went digging them out toe by toe, nail by nail!
i was totally humbled by this experience. beinga typical sporean, we went "cheap-ing" around in JB and thinking that we are the ones who come into their country to bless their economy, and deserving a better service bcz we are the more "atas" one. but i was totally humbled by the humility of the pedicurist! the way that she took delicate care for my feet and nails, removing every trace of dirt and fungus, the whole process took more than abt an hr! and nv did she show signs of disatisfaction!
then a tot struck while i was on the sofa. why did Jesus choose to wash ple's feet out of so many other places? why didnt He shampoo His disciples hair, wash their hands or wash their clothes for them? bcz it takes great humility to actually wash someone's feet!
just imagine now that u were out for the whole day, your feet got soak in the rain water and you have been walking on sandy, muddy and dirty grounds. and here came someone who asked you to take off your shoes and show him/her your feet. will you be that ready to take off your shoes? or you will feel "paiseh" to actually show off your feet? to me, it takes great courage to show someone my feet when im caught off guard. but our Pedicurist is so ready so serve and wash the feet of the disciples!
see how ready He is to serve! totally humbled by His humility.
it takes great humility to serve someone. it is no wonder that most sporeans cant provide greatness in customer service as we think that we are here just for the job, not to humble myself and to be despise upon. However, one who gave great customer service is one who is willing to humble oneself and be ready to inconvient himself. maybe all those in the customer service line should go tru some "training camp" where all their pride and egos and being stripped away in the first place. haha
the day when you can strip off your titles and image and bend down on your knees to wash someone's feet, is the day when you have identified with the Pedicurist.
