The weekly Five Minute Friday word prompt for this week is “table.”
Bread and wine
Broken and Poured
At the table of grace
Jesus himself
Life given and shed
Father, forgive them
For they know not
What they are doing.
At the table of grace
Forgiveness offered and given
Love embodied for us all.
At the table
The communion of saints
Now and then
Saints gathered in every time and place
A reminder that God welcomes all
Welcomes all to the table of grace.
It is here
At the table of grace
That I, that we come
Knowing the body and blood
The bread and wine
Are given to us all.
The body of Christ
Given for you
The blood of Christ shed for you!
My, I wish I could write poems. That was lovely. So much can be said with even fewer words!
Thank You! I love writing poetry!
this is so beautiful! thank you!
Thank You and you’re welcome!
This is simple. This is exquisite. This is Divine!
Thank You!
“Jesus himself
Life given and shed
Father, forgive them
For they know not…”
the aspect of forgiveness as the meal of communion, just hit me as the flavour of absolute satiation. You put all that down so simple, but the message as searing as fire that prepared that meal. Oh wow. Thankyou for a full course spread here, ,
FMF friend,
Stay blest
Thank You! Sometimes simple is best! And you are so welcome for the full course spread!
I LOVE this! We all need the Table of Grace! Beautiful! Glad I am your #fmf neighbor.
Thanks
I am reminded of the Sidewalk Prophets “Come to the Table.” Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem with us.
Ooh I like this!
This is a beautiful expression of the grace God offers!
Thanks!
Beautiful, Tara! Blessings to you! xo
Thanks! Blessings to you too!
So wonderful, Tara! Thanks for sharing these thoughts!
Thanks! You’re welcome!
Lovely!
Thanks
I once spoke with a heathen gent
who found us Christians odd,
for every time to church we went,
we seemed to eat our God.
But there is so much more, he said,
and laughter came as flood,
for you say, “How sad He bled!”
and then you drink His blood!
He could easily understand
eating enemy after battle’s end,
but (and here, he spread his hands)
how can you eat a Friend?
In that question a crack so thin
opened wide, and Christ walked in.
🙂