God, I have had many times when I realized I didn’t really know anything.
All the things I knew how to do have changed.
From going for a walk to grocery shopping.
And, so, Communion tastes different.
Do we even know how the economy works? I doubt anyone knows anymore.
Money and power become nonsensical, time itself has changed.
When I see two or three year olds wear a mask, without blinking, for three hours of nursery school.
I realize that they are the only ones who will know how the world works right now. Because they are growing into it.
Meanwhile ancient schemes are being broken
And the Holy Spirit is here, whispering new words on the wind.
And because I have changed, and I’m a part of communion, communion tastes differently now. The kingdom tastes different.
Because everything is being made new.
The whole world is indeed laboring in birth, and I am praying that somehow, all things are working together for good.
The thing about labor is, you don’t know what you’re doing
Parts of you die and parts of your body make room for the new thing, and parts of your body are never the same again.
It’s messy and bloody and it hurts like hell.
And when you are handed the child, whew.
You really realize that you really don’t know anything.
Mothering, swaddling God, tell us it’s ok if communion tastes different, it’s still communion.
Lord, teach us how to handle this new reality that is being birthed, I pray.
Amen.
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