The Basin And The Towel

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ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  </div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>The Basin And The Towel</I></div> <div> Michael Card</div> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-1521/09_Track_9.wma" autostart="true" loop="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> <div> <B>And the call is to community.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In an upstairs room a parable is just about to come alive.</B></div> <div> <B>And while they bicker about whose best</B></div> <div> <B>With a painful glance He'll silently rise.</B></div> <div> <B>Their Savior-Servant must show them how</B></div> <div> <B>Through the will of the water and the tenderness of the towel.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And the call is to community </B></div> <div> <B>The impoverished power that sets the soul free.</B></div> <div> <B>In humility to take the vow that day after day</B></div> <div> <B>We must take up the basin and the towel.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>In any ordinary place on any ordinary day</B></div> <div> <B>The parable can live again when one will kneel and one will yield.</B></div> <div> <B>Our Savior-Servant must show us how</B></div> <div> <B>Through the will of the water and the tenderness of the towel.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And the space between ourselves sometimes</B></div> <div> <B>Is more than the distance between the stars.</B></div> <div> <B>By the fragile bridge of The Servant's vow</B></div> <div> <B>We take up the basin and the towel.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And the call is to community </B></div> <div> <B>The impoverished power that sets the soul free.</B></div> <div> <B>In humility to take the vow that day after day</B></div> <div> <B>We must take up the basin and the towel.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="724" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 317 ><NOBR><div> Return to:  </div> <div> <A HREF="id84.htm" 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