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.

Because I know the truth that sets us free, I have gifts and talents that God has given me, and because I have the love of God in my heart, it is my destiny to be a Eucharist in my city, here, and now!

Because we were made for so much more!!!

Love you,
Jovy

Such a Beautiful Surrender

"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."
Psalms 37:4

It's crazy how truly mysterious God is. You can be a Christian your whole life, and still be amazed at His awesomeness. You can convince yourself that you know it all and yet we really know nothing. Oh how He loves us and cares about every detail of our lives. If only we could truly grasp how wide, long, high, and deep His love is for us. Everything, all the things of this Earth, would fade away.

My friends, I know that since we parted ways in May, the things of this Earth have hit us hard!!! Some with heartache, some with school, some with family, and some with economic hardships. But I just wanted to remind you of His Sovereignty. Our God is still the same God who spoke to you in your dreams. The same God who got you through senior paper. The same God who took you places you could've never imagined. The same God who held you in His arms those nights you cried "why God, why." The same God who showed you that you are His nurse and nobody else's. He is the God who was, and is, and is to come.

Remember my friends where you came from, where you are now, and where you are going is all because of His love for you.

"Surrender has somehow become so beautiful" -Mutemath

I love you,
Jovy