Scripture
John 6:51
Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16; Psalm 147:12-15, 19-20; 1Corinthians 10:16-17; John 6:51-58
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A pastor once visited an elderly woman who was nearing the end of her life. She told him that when the time came, she wanted to be buried with a fork in her hand.
The pastor was puzzled. “Why a fork?”
She smiled. “Because at every church supper I ever attended, when the plates were cleared, someone would say, ‘Keep your fork.’ That meant something better was coming. Dessert was on the way. So, when people see me holding a fork, I want them to know that, for a Christian, the best is yet to come.”
That may be one of the finest summaries of the Christian faith.
We live in a world where people are hungry for many things. Some hunger for security. Some for love. Some for meaning. Some for the quiet assurance that their lives matter and that death will not have the final word.
Most of us know what it is to feel that something is missing, even when life appears…
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