The Eucharist

I am currently reading "Jesus Wants to Save Christians" and I am loving it. It gets better and better every chapter. Rob Bell uses the bible so much in his stories that it makes me hungry for more! In the chapters that I have been reading he talks about The Eucharist. He tells us that the Greek word for "Thankful" is from the verb eucharizomai-the Greek word eu, which means "well" or "good" and the word charizomai, which means "to grant or give." Which is where we get the English word Eucharist, the "good gift." He goes on describing the profound meaning of the Eucharist and how Jesus is the good gift and how we are also the good gift to the world.

He asks the question:
What does it look like for us to be a Eucharist for the people here and now? In other words what is the church supposed to look like? "What does it look like for us to break ourselves open and poor ourselves out for the healing of these people (the lost, the hungry, the angry, the rich, the poor) in this time and place?"
The Eucharist is people. The Eucharist is the church. We are the good gift.

I love this:
"Our destiny, our future, and our joy are in the Eucharist, using whatever blessing we've received, whatever resources, talents, skills, and passions God has given us, to make the world a better place. Disconnection from the suffering of the world, isolation from the cry of the oppressed, indifference to the poverty around us will always lead to despair." I don't ever want to be disconnected from my destiny. From the cry of those who are broken, fatherless, and hopeless. Because my life will mean nothing. It will lead to despair.

So my loves, we all have received the truth in our lives and God has given you the gift to heal and so many others. Go and be the Eucharist today. Connect yourself with the cry of the world.

Because we were made for so much more!!!

Love you,
Jovy