Communion
April 13, 2008
[rhymes with kerouac]

From SGWorship and Church At Our House:

Every week in church we have a prayer time and people pray for whatever is on their hearts and I'll sit there listening and my mind will start to wander and all of a sudden, somebody will pray something that just shakes me. Takes my breath away. 8 or 9 or 10 little words that start with, "Please, God", that are so devastating that I just think, "Nobody should ever have to ask for that." So much of it has to do with family and children and loss and grief and fear and the profound injustice that people live with. And so much to do with helplessness. And there's such a fine line between helplessness and bitterness and just giving up.

Behold: The Kingdom of God.

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