Receiving God's Good Gifts

On this mountain, the LORD Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples... the best of meats and the finest of drinks. (Isaiah 25:6)

When I was a college student, all the churches within a 5-mile radius of the college offered to give us rides to their Sunday morning service. Many of these churches had meals from time to time. As students who missed home cooking, we figured out that by timing our visits right, we'd get a free feast every week!

There's an old joke that the center of church life isn't our sermons or songs or spiritual exercises. It's eating meals together! That's not literally true, but it does remind us that church isn't just for talking about Jesus, it's getting to share Jesus' good gifts together. Obviously, communion is more than a meal, and God's grace is more than food. But our breakfasts and lunches and suppers, our family meals and our gifts of banana bread or fresh produce, are part of receiving God's good gifts together.

Our breakfasts and lunches and suppers, our family meals and our gifts of banana bread or fresh produce, are part of receiving God's good gifts together.

We are grateful because God is good. We receive God's grace in each breath we breathe, in each meal we eat, and in each time we are able to spend time with loved ones in the harmony of Jesus.

God's greatest gift is Jesus, and every week we come together in gratitude. Join us for our Sunday worship at 10 a.m., or our Wednesday evening Bible study at 6 p.m., or our Sunday School at 9 a.m. There's a Thanksgiving dinner at the church November 22 (Sunday) at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is always welcome, because we are celebrating God's generosity.

--Jonathan