It's my turn

Hey, that's the title of an old Bruce Cockburn song, something about how everything changes when you know it's your turn, meaning, of course, that when you know God is actually for you and wants you to accomplish the impossible you get this sudden glimpse of destiny and how things could really be and start living in the light.

Which leads me to a radical verse in Proverbs, "The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day". Say Amen, it's the Lord speaking. That's the path I'm on: strength to strength, glory to glory. Say Amen, that's good preaching.

None of this has anything to do with what I want to say, which is that it's my turn for new laminate flooring. The destruction starts tonight! Ma and I are rolling up our sleeves (old term based on days when people needed to do that) and getting down to business (old term based on getting something accomplished) and we're going to get 'er done (current term among cowboys and rednecks that mean we're going to finish what we start).

Another opportunity to preach has come my way, shall I take it or not? I'm thinking of some sort of totally esoteric theological musings that mean nothing but do make you think. Maybe something along the lines of pointing out that when Paul said many had taken sick and some had died because they didn't esteem the Lord's body rightly in the Lord's supper that what he was saying is that some didn't know that in the eating of the Lamb there is healing of the body, they just thought it was a hunk of bread or a mere symbol or a nice way to remember Jesus.

Just ask yourself what you think when you eat the bread. The blood is easy, we got that one down and there are a million songs to confirm the blood thing. But the body? What's with that? No wonder the Romans said the Christians were cannibals, they (the Christians) claiming to eat the body of their Lord.

"Take, eat, this is my body broken for you". So if I eat the body, what happens Lord? Answer me that if you will. I'm laying flooring and have lots of time to listen.

Pa