MSA =o iZa eVGC THE S Ce TOWEL At first glance, one looks at a kitchen towel and thinks "WOW, a towel.....I needed a new one, the old ones are getting stained and worn." But have we ever stopped to think that for years, even thousands of years, the towel has not just been used in the kitchen, but for a variety of purposes? Take for dciipie. the mother who wipes the tears of a little child to soothe the physical and emotional hurt; the bleeding patient; the woman in her home wiping her hands as she moves from task to task; the weary traveler who wipes his sweated brow. | Some other examples would be the manager of a boxer who "throws in the towel" to save the life of his DEetr eS or the young man wiping the grease off his hands as he fixes ais car. — Notwithstanding all the above examples, perhaps the most significant use of the towel was about two thousand years ago, when our loving Brother took an ordinary towel iin His hands and dried the feet of His disciples, only hours before His crucifixion. Sure itis towel is a handy item with a myriad of uses, but it also has deep symbolic meaning when seen in as hands of the Savior doing a work of kindness for his fellow men. : So take this towel, knowing it is given with love and do works of peodness with it, as the Savior worked goodness with His many years ago. | My prayer for you each day is health, happiness, and Christ-like love for others. | Love, —