Tonight we gathered for worship and to share in communion. It was Maundy Thursday — Holy Thursday. We have a little tradition now of two years duration. This is the night we gather around God’s table and serve each other.
When I got home from work tonight, my daughters asked if this was the night we would be serving each other communion so I guess it was a significant enough event for them last year that they remembered it and wanted to do it again. They wanted to go tonight – absolutely no arm twisting needed. It is interesting how my teenagers will attend and participate in an event like this but do not like going to Youth Group events.
Tonight I thought there were some very significant things going on. Children were serving each other, their parents and their youth leaders. I was moved as an adult daughter served her parents and siblings. Because I know her and we have shared stories, I am a little aware of just how significant this act was.
I was also just aware of God’s presence uniting this diverse group of people somehow by the simple act of serving one another.
And following this, I took my daughters out for something to eat. It was fun and we had a chance to talk again about some important things together. We talked about God answering our prayers and how sometimes it seems like he answers right away and other times it seems to take a long time. So I read them a bit of a quote from Anne Lamott in Bird By Bird where she says “Still one of the most annoying things about God is that he never just touches you with his majic wand, like Glinda the Good, and gives you what you want…” It gave us a good chance to talk and those are always good times.
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