Hunger

Monday February 12th Luke 6: 17-21 You're blessed when you're ravenously hungry. Then you're ready for the Messianic meal. While in seminary we would have communion every Wednesday morning. One semester I fasted each week from Sunday afternoon to Wednesday morning. I would find myself salivating when they broke the bread and poured the wine. At first I was a bit disturbed by my automatic physical response, it seemed a bit crass. Then I began to see it in light of one’s hunger for the presence of God in your life. That was followed by an immense feeling of completeness in the taking of a small piece of bread and sip of wine. I remember, but sometimes I long to again feel so complete in the presence of God.