Last night's soup supper comes to mind! Bless this food and the hands that have prepared it, and also the lovely faces that happen to be sharing a table this time. All enhanced by the larger gathering of church friends in the room, lively discussions of weather, since rain is such a novelty these days, and other events of the day. All in anticipation of the meaningful Maundy Thursday service to come. It was a beautiful evening to share with family, but this exact combination of people and events will never happen again. Appreciation is called for.
My most recent meal. I almost wrote my last meal which is grammatically correct but sounds weird. Because I am invalid or at least a recovering invalid Genia prepared the meal. In fact, since the knee replacement, she has prepared most of the meals. She had made corn muffins to go with a goulash a neighbor had lovingly prepared for us. Cornbread, honey goulash and big sliced tomatoes was a feast because of the love it was connected to.
As we ate in the room that looks out on the garden after the rain, Gods amazing bounty was so evident. Bobby’s story about the soup has been more present to us during this time of limited mobility. We had to move more slowly. We have had to plan to accommodate how long it takes me to walk anywhere. The Lenten study has been more focused on living pour life thoughtfully in the middle of the amazing world God has provided to us.
Genia once commented, as we were driving back from Houston in the spring that God could have stopped with Green, and instead he gave us all the colors to remind us of how precious we are to him. Something about a rain bow.
God (in Jesus) became flesh and lived among us. Which is to say, God communicated the fullest, clearest expression of Spirit-filled life (spirituality) by way of…
The ordinary.
The concrete.
The mundane.
The human.
We have been watching and discussing The Chosen in a life group we have been part of for 15 years. The comment above is why I really look forward to the series. It portrays Jesus as flesh living among us and reminds me of how living my daily life in gratitude allows me to exp3erience and reflect the Grace we are given.
Last night's soup supper comes to mind! Bless this food and the hands that have prepared it, and also the lovely faces that happen to be sharing a table this time. All enhanced by the larger gathering of church friends in the room, lively discussions of weather, since rain is such a novelty these days, and other events of the day. All in anticipation of the meaningful Maundy Thursday service to come. It was a beautiful evening to share with family, but this exact combination of people and events will never happen again. Appreciation is called for.
My most recent meal. I almost wrote my last meal which is grammatically correct but sounds weird. Because I am invalid or at least a recovering invalid Genia prepared the meal. In fact, since the knee replacement, she has prepared most of the meals. She had made corn muffins to go with a goulash a neighbor had lovingly prepared for us. Cornbread, honey goulash and big sliced tomatoes was a feast because of the love it was connected to.
As we ate in the room that looks out on the garden after the rain, Gods amazing bounty was so evident. Bobby’s story about the soup has been more present to us during this time of limited mobility. We had to move more slowly. We have had to plan to accommodate how long it takes me to walk anywhere. The Lenten study has been more focused on living pour life thoughtfully in the middle of the amazing world God has provided to us.
Genia once commented, as we were driving back from Houston in the spring that God could have stopped with Green, and instead he gave us all the colors to remind us of how precious we are to him. Something about a rain bow.
God (in Jesus) became flesh and lived among us. Which is to say, God communicated the fullest, clearest expression of Spirit-filled life (spirituality) by way of…
The ordinary.
The concrete.
The mundane.
The human.
We have been watching and discussing The Chosen in a life group we have been part of for 15 years. The comment above is why I really look forward to the series. It portrays Jesus as flesh living among us and reminds me of how living my daily life in gratitude allows me to exp3erience and reflect the Grace we are given.
Jim Blanchard
With the right attitude, anything thing can be a blessing!