DO NOT SPILL the BLOOD of CHRIST! You have only one line do not break character

Wow I feel like I have not written in months… This could be because it has been all too long. Christmas is over. New Years is over. I have eaten and drank to my hearts content. Egg Nog, wine, stratas, punch, sugar cookies and so on. The only good new is that I managed to loose 10 pounds since Thanksgiving. How I did it I do not know. I give God all the benefit of this very real miracle.

Now that I have moved into the New Year this is a time of all seriousness. It is time to look at and use the tread mill, go to Zumba class and use the all too evil elliptical glider again. Last year I made a vow to loose weight. Amazingly I did! Now I am on to round two. If I can do as well again I will dance the cha-cha of joy on a table somewhere (hopeful outside the USA).

This will be the same dance once the primaries are over. I am really fed up with the primaries and we only have Iowa under our national belts. Sadly, there is not a candidate that is ringing any bells for me. Although I laugh ever time I think President Huckabee… Huckleberry Hound keeps coming to mind. I digress yet again.

I also have my resolution made. I am now a Liturgist at church. This all seemed very simple but it is not. I can read not an issue and I am relatively familiar with the bible. Top 10 sins, women of the bible, the books of Moses and so on. What threw me for a loop… Communion.

I have taken communion on many occasions in my life but to actually assist in that act is a mind blowing concept. I know that the sacrament is to represent the blood and body of Christ but if you really think about it and believe it. This is a stupendously amazing thing. There I stand holding the blood of Christ. I am trying not to spill from the cup. Now you would think that I would be thinking many things but all I can think is DO NOT SPILL the BLOOD of CHRIST! This was a great deal pressure to add to a rookie performance.

Okay, okay… how many people are here? Why is the line so long? Why won’t my best friend look me in the eye while she is taking communion? Wow, he should have polished his shoes. Remarkably great hair can I touch it? No, no, no the blood of Christ shed for you. You have only one line do not break character; It is an easy on and off… At last it is over and I sit quietly with the pastor thinking… No lighting bolts. I did not break out in boils, rashes, blindness, leprosy or lameness. Heavy sigh of relief!

This I find to be comforting due to the occurrence of the above in the bible. So maybe for a brief moment I was truly pleasing to God. I knew that fact in my heart and mind. This did lead me to one realization I am not a pastor in the making.

I am however still a fundamental, cat owning, vodka drinking, wine enthusiast, activist looking for a place were I am not the odd one. No wonder I cannot locate dinner, a movie and a man to accompany me… Who needs therapy I have a blog.