Today’s Daily Lesson comes from 1 Corinthians chapter 11 verses 20 through 22:
20When you come together, it is not really to eat the Lord’s supper. 21For when the time comes to eat, each of you goes ahead with your own supper, and one goes hungry and another becomes drunk.22What! Do you not have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I commend you? In this matter I do not commend you!
What happens at a Wednesday night fellowship meal or a potluck dinner can tell you a lot about a church.
Yes; I know you have your same table with your same seven other friends. But sometimes eight isn’t enough. Sometimes a ninth needs to be let in.
And what about space for the late and newcomer? Is there room for someone with children? How are those without money to pay or food to share treated? Was anything left for the working mom trying her best to pick up kids and make it to church after a long day’s work? She got stuck in traffic and almost didn’t come. But she’s here. What about the screaming child? What about the child on the autism spectrum? What about the woman with the gluten allergy?
Like I said, what happens at a church supper can tell you a lot — maybe everything.
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