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THURSDAY THOUGHT 2/26/09

Confident in Faith
 
I love watching people in our church approach the altar rail to receive Communion.  I receive the Blessed Sacrament on my knees, head bowed, hands cupped and out, in gratitude for having been invited to the Lord’s meal. 
 
The other evening, I watched a woman approach, stand tall, head up, and thrust her arms straight out.  I do not know what she was thinking.  However, she had the appearance of a person confident (not arrogant or irreverent) of the gift she was about to receive.  And I found myself thinking, “Why not?  She has embraced God and is only claiming the gift she — and all of us — have been promised.”
 
My point:  Perhaps we should all be so confident in our faith.  Sure, we are frail and stumble often.  So what?  We are God’s people, chosen by Him.  We’re not here today by accident.  It’s a gift upon which we can count.  Rejoice in it. — jri
 
“For you are people holy to the Lord
your God.  The Lord your God has
chosen you out of all the peoples of
the earth to be his people, his
treasured possession.”
    –    Moses
           (Deuteronomy 7:6)