The Way To A Man's Heart
In the last week, I have enjoyed a few well prepared, succulent meals. There seems to really be something special about food. To eat must be a design feature, as opposed to our typical thought of it being a means of survival. Maybe our need for food is a blessing from God forcing us together into community and driving our dependence to Him.
I wanted to add a little more detail to what I already agreed very much with in Charlie's comment on what "Home" is: I believe a home must be a place where meals are shared, and love is worked out between those at the table. In Communion, the grace of Jesus Christ comes to us, but in so many forms. We come to the table, if our theology is right, out of a means of survival and health; and God saves us in this feast and continues to prepare us for a true heavenly feast. But we see here that God also establishes Communion to bring us into community, to eat together, to drink together, to realize we are a corporate body, the bride of Christ, and to seek out forgiveness and love not only from God the Father but from each other as well.
I spent the 4th of July with my corporate body. I spent it feeding my face, sprinting as fast as possible while sharing a sack with another man's leg, dodging water balloons, throwing the football, and dodging misplaced fireworks with 30 other brothers and sisters. The evening was glorious! But I was also saddened to think that someone might have missed it all by spending the night seeking out a spiritual conversation while God danced with His children all around him.
Aileen also made her weekly trip to to visit her fiance (my roommate) this weekend and prepared the first, real, home-cooked meal in my new "home"; the dinner honestly felt like a "Christening" for my condo.
Last night I had dinner with the Bakers after my first voice lesson (little excited about that), another excellent meal that was whipped up in what seemed like minutes. I won't go so far as to say that a man must have a wife to have a "home", but I am definitely learning that filling the table with loved ones and food can be hard to do without one.
I wanted to add a little more detail to what I already agreed very much with in Charlie's comment on what "Home" is: I believe a home must be a place where meals are shared, and love is worked out between those at the table. In Communion, the grace of Jesus Christ comes to us, but in so many forms. We come to the table, if our theology is right, out of a means of survival and health; and God saves us in this feast and continues to prepare us for a true heavenly feast. But we see here that God also establishes Communion to bring us into community, to eat together, to drink together, to realize we are a corporate body, the bride of Christ, and to seek out forgiveness and love not only from God the Father but from each other as well.
I spent the 4th of July with my corporate body. I spent it feeding my face, sprinting as fast as possible while sharing a sack with another man's leg, dodging water balloons, throwing the football, and dodging misplaced fireworks with 30 other brothers and sisters. The evening was glorious! But I was also saddened to think that someone might have missed it all by spending the night seeking out a spiritual conversation while God danced with His children all around him.
Aileen also made her weekly trip to to visit her fiance (my roommate) this weekend and prepared the first, real, home-cooked meal in my new "home"; the dinner honestly felt like a "Christening" for my condo.
Last night I had dinner with the Bakers after my first voice lesson (little excited about that), another excellent meal that was whipped up in what seemed like minutes. I won't go so far as to say that a man must have a wife to have a "home", but I am definitely learning that filling the table with loved ones and food can be hard to do without one.
posted by Brian | 8:00 PM
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