vendredi, avril 09, 2004 Serving the Lord's Supper: the mathematical nuances of the act Tonight, I had the priviledge of serving The Lord's Supper.There are three parts to the way my church serves The Lord's Supper - the bread/wafers go out first in plates, then the tiny cups are distributed, and then collected back again. Today, I served and collected the tiny cups. Before the act itself, I never really stopped to think about what an important role it was - especially tonight. I knew it was important that we serve the Supper, and there should be people serving it, but the little nuances just escaped me - like how there were 6 senior citizens serving the bread, and 6 youth serving the wine. The young and the old. And then there's mathematics - 6 + 6 = 12. Twelve disciples. During the course of the service, we talked about Judas. As I was serving the wine, it occured to me - it could have been any one of us. It could have been me, or the guy standing beside me, or Adeline. [further thoughts] It's just another one of those thoughts that swirl around my head unconsciously - it's there, but it's just the seed of a thought, without any reflection and ponderance to feed it and help it grow. Tonight offered a chance for both, and it sunk in a little deeper: it really could have been any of us, IF. Although I got excited about serving the Supper as the day progressed, when the time came for me to actually serve it, it was something else, not excitement, that I felt. During the serving, I felt like I was a servant to my congregation - and that although being a servant means a position of less power and authority, it was also a great priviledge given by God to be able to bless others through service. I did not meditate on what my serving the Lord's Supper meant, nor give it too much thought, other than the occasional "this is going to be so cool!", so when the import and gravity (which normally only comes to me after protracted thought on a subject) of the situation presented itself to me as I was serving, I was pretty blown away. So - tonight, I had the priviledge of serving The Lord's Supper. [Serving the Lord's Supper: the mathematical nuances of the act] |
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