His Final Lesson

For more than three years they had been together
        Through every kind and condition of weather.
He had taught them both night and day
        By what He did or did not say.

But more than the words that He had spoken
        Like the bread He had just broken,
He set for them in words so true,
       "Do what I say and what I do!"

Never has there been a greater teacher.
        He was more than just a preacher.
For His every moment was just a sample
        As He set for then the best example.

They could not hear His words of warning
        Or they would have been in deep mourning.
They were young, with a lifetime ahead
        They could not think about the dead

Least of all about His dying
        Again and again He was trying
To get them used to the fact
        Their friend, Judas, had signed a pact

And from the supper in the upper room
        In 24 hours there would be the tomb
Their leader would soon be gone
        And they would have to carry on

What would be the last they'd see
        That would help them keep their vow
It was their Master before His disaster
        With a basin and a towel!

Now herešs what we ought if we would be taught
        Before some gossip we repeat
But let us bow with basin and towel
        And wash our brother's feet.                          


    Pastor Van, 4/10/98