He spoke metaphorically
so should we eat
reverently, giving pause
stilling our hearts as we eat
knowing that this bread is His body
that this grape juice His blood
stopping and thinking about the deeper meaning
the connectedness in the act
in the murmured amen
on receiving the elements
His body broken for us
His blood shed for us, that we drink
The sustenance of God
eating His flesh, drinking His blood
feeling them within us
so clearly, so surely
the fragrant offering, substance,
responding to the call from within us
when we do this, when we partake
feeling His love rising from within us
knowing our ability to sacrifice
as He did, because He is in us
feeling His Spirit supporting us
hearing His whisper from our cells
from our sinew, feeling within the dry bones
Hearing His words, His calling
rising to do His work, our work
as His hands because His life is in our own
moving His hands within the skin of ours
giving blood because it contains His
lifting the load of others as we can
because His muscle is knitted with our muscle
standing tall in the storms of temptation
challenges in adversity
because His resolve stiffens our spine
living because He lives on
in us, those who do more
more than going through the motions
not merely bread and wine for true believers
those who pause and eat of His body
and drink of His blood
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edited June 17, 2014
Eating the Word – v2
August 21, 2006 22:31
Eating the Word
John 6:51-58
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