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Wash my Feet

This post is long in coming...the idea was posed through Nicky Gumbel and the alpha series, AND I'm going to ask you to read a lot of Scripture first! Please take the time to read the following Scripture. My goodness, have you ever seen such a high maintenance post?! :) I give you John 13:6-17
6 He [Jesus] came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
7 Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
8 “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
9 “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”
10 Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 
I've read this through my bible reads several times. And never has it clicked. As I'm reading I'm not really understanding why Peter is told that if his feet aren't washed he has no part of Jesus; BUT it is only his feet that must be washed. What?! 
And then the lovely Nicky Gumbel explained it like this: Once we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior; our bodies ARE clean. Our soul is saved; our place is with the Lord. But until we die, we live in the world. It gets on our feet. We need to wash it off every once and a while, or it will take over. The light bulb went on! 
The world gets us dirty. It tries to determine what we deem as "good" or "bad," it wants to impose value. It honestly wants to impose sin on our lives. If we don't take the time to wash our feet; and most importantly, wash the feet of others; that world yuck is going to build up until it is darn near impossible to wash off. 
We need to hold each other accountable. Remind each other of the importance of Jesus Christ and God's word. We need to focus on cleaning each other's feet so that we can take part in the Kingdom some day. 
I think we can even tell when other people are in need of this "washing." If you notice people you love starting to walk down the wrong path, living a little more in the WORLD and a little less in the WORD, talk to them about it. Remind them of what's important. Wash their feet :) And then, for the love of pete, don't forget about them, but hold them accountable! Don't wash their feet and then walk away for two years. Shoot them a text message every day if you need to. After you wash their feet, you need to hold their hands!
I don't think people are always aware themselves, when they need their feet washed. At the point we most need it, the world is so important to us that we can't see we need Jesus. So it is at this point, when I'm NOT overtaken with the world that I will ask YOU to hold me accountable. If I start acting different, if you see me lose sight of my walk with the Lord, I am BEGGING you to wash my feet. Bring me back. Hold ME accountable to what you know I value. Please?! 

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