At Table

When he was at table with them, he took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to them. Luke 24:30

We are taken:
gathered up in God's grace,
belonging not to ourselves now, but God,
taken out of our lives, and made part of something
greater -- infinite, gracious, and unendingly good.

We are blessed:
God's love and delight poured out upon us,
God's mercy filling us,
so no matter what our circumstances
our lives bear grace and the power of healing.

We are broken:
sinful and incomplete, brokenhearted in love,
perfectly weak and flawed,
we are broken open
so the love poured into us may flow out
into the world.

And we are given
to the world,
resurrected, vessels of blessing,
given to love,
bread of life for others.

God, in your mercy
take, bless, break, and give us,
raised, renewed, imbued with your spirit,
full of beauty, love, and courage,
the Body of Christ.

Steve Garnass-Holmes, unfoldinglight.net, April 23, 2020