Do This In Remembrance Of Me
"For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me. In the same manner, He also took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes." 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
If you have ever read through the Bible, you will notice that God is really into memorials. After crossing the Jordan, God instructed the Israelites to grab 12 large stones from the midst of the river to mark it as a memorial. The reason is that humans have a tendency to forget the milestones of the previous generations. When Jesus told the disciples that every time they drank the wine and ate the bread it was in remembrance of Me. The beautiful thing about communion is that you can take it at home between you and God. I decided to take communion this past weekend with my children.
After the initial Mom what is going on questions, my son finally asked me the most important question. "Mom, why do we need to take communion? At that moment as the children stood around the dining room table, each with their own round cracker and a glass of grape juice, I answered. We do this to celebrate and remember the sacrifice that Jesus did for us on the cross. Jesus died so that we could live with Him in heaven as part of His family. That is why we eat the bread. We drink this juice to remember that His blood heals us, and cleanses us from our sins that separated everyone from God.
I don't know if they fully understood the ramifications of what I said. But in that moment the dining room became a sacred space connecting my little family with the Divine. Now we have a new family tradition of remembering the Lord's death till He comes again.
