We are all a Messy Kitchen

We stand in a messy kitchen with the dishwasher, ran for the second time that day and more to go, thumping away with a Jumanji beat….

and the Presence of God fills the kitchen.

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Soup bowls fill the sink and cookie crumbs line the counters
and He gathers right in the center on my cork floors.
Toddlers make a chipy mess while they use my stools for trapeze antics
and He smiles from our midst while we line the perimeter of my cork floors.
A large tv room is collecting kids as they watch a movie
but He gathers in tightly on the cork floors…with us…to hear us celebrate Him.
Babies fuss against teeth and mamas sway
He stands right there and offers comfort to us all
Children, used to being in His presence come by for a drink of water
He looks at us and offers us all Living Water…the ultimate Parent.

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an impromptu Communion and no one even argues
no one argues that two of the people have already taken it twice at their own church today.
no one argues that they need to be at football parties.
no one argues that it is getting late…or a school night…or “don’t we need a pastor”, someone more “led”
nope.

Cups come out and are filled to the brim
a box of crackers appear.
I ask are we going to take the long communion or short.
Long it is… and we gather in a circle and ask what do we identify with…cup or bread?
some feel broken like bread …waiting for a journey to end and destination given….some weary with lifes travels.
as they are led, one or two have insight…verses given…showing lies a Truth…you are not abandoned in the journey.
Some feel inadequate and identify with the cup…needing it to cover so much of where they feel unworthy.

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The Spirit braids around us and He stands in our midst even though the kitchen is a mess and we are even more broken… and when the Truth comes out of your mouth you know it is not you…
you feel the Power that is not yours… and when you look around you see each were given Royal heritage.
and you know that Communion should be approached with fear and trembling and you see, you often took it like a shot at a local bar.
As the Truth sets in you and the darkness flees….
You take your cup and cracker and you look around to see His Children… and Him, standing there in the center of all this mess
and you nod…”I celebrate that”

because...You Are what you Celebrate.

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So Thankful …let me share a few:
1.) My two oldest back safe and sound, and a little more tan, from the trip down south.
2.)Hearing a wise man speak on chickens and eagles… how often are we as eagles lied to and told we are nothing more then chickens.
3.)Turkey chili and abundant food lining my kitchen.
4.)Food to feed… everyone leaves fed (in so many ways)
5.)People gathering around the kitchen nearly everyday..paints out..hot chocolates poured out.
6.)January is.over….not too bad this year!
7.)that people are willing to stop time and space to take communion in a messy kitchen
8.)a husband who is my teammate as we clean and talk (and laugh) about how a wreck this kitchen is…was it ever more a mess then tonight? lol
9.)Time to break out the seed catalogs!!!!!!
10.) my brother has a teaching job opportunities…(say a prayer, please)