My wife, Pam, is an avid reader…she found the following in a Henry Nouwen devotional book:
“We all need to eat and drink to stay alive. But having a meal is more than eating and drinking. It is celebrating the gifts of life we share. A meal together is one of the most intimate and sacred human events. Around the table we become vulnerable, filling one another’s plates and cups and encouraging one another to eat and drink. Much more happens at a meal tan satisfying hunger and quenching thirst. Around a table we become family, friends, community, yes, a body…the table is one of the most intimate places in our lives. It is there that we give ourselves to one another. When we say, “Take some more, let me serve you another plate, let me pour you another glass, don’t be shy, enjoy it,” we say a lot more than our words express. We invite our friends to become a part of our lives. We want them to be nurtured by the same food and drink that nurture us. We desire communion.”
“Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people…And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” Acts 2:46-47…
NOW THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!
