“Learning To Let Go“, by Rev. Mike Holly
This morning we will celebrate Holy Communion together in worship. Each person will have the opportunity to come forward to receive the bread and the cup. I often wonder where the minds of our church family are as they walk forward to come and receive communion. Some folks come forward to remember the sacrifices of God and Christ on our behalf. They come and reflect about the great love that God has for each of us. Some folks come forward to receive spiritual nourishment and potentially even a greater sense of peace in their own lives. However, I also wonder if anyone ever feels unworthy of receiving Holy Communion.
“Thank goodness we don’t have to earn worth in God’s eyes by our own goodness or our own faith,” an article on Holy Communion on the United Methodist website says. Our sacred worth is in God’s hands and in God’s eyes. No matter what we have done and no matter what we have left undone, none of us is too unworthy or too unreachable with God’s grace. We are all welcome at the table. This is an opportunity for us to confess our sins, to receive God’s forgiveness and to prepare ourselves to lead a new life.
~Mike Holly
The Word
Psalm 103:8-12
The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always accuse,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far he removes our transgressions from us.
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