nicolekeen - Level Ground

I had the opportunity to serve Communion last night at Clemson Wesley, our Methodist campus ministry that I have served on staff with this past year, and it was truly a humbling experience for me. Communion is such a special thing, being able to take part in the life and death of Jesus Christ through bread and wine. As I was serving the grape juice, I was repeating "(insert name) the blood of Christ,

broken for you." About halfway through, I was serving an individual with whom I have been at odds with this past year. As I was repeating my line to him, I was overcome by the knowledge that not only did Christ die for me, but He died for this individual as well. This was not new knowledge, but instead affirmation that if Christ died for each person, I have no right to bear grudges or be at odds with anyone. Through His death and resurrection, Jesus has put us all on
"level ground." In a world where you are defined by material things, education, skin color, it is a humbling thing to know we all come to the Cross as equals, that Jesus does not see any of this.

I like the way that Jars of Clay puts this realization of undeserving grace in their song "Worlds Apart." It says:

All said and done I stand alone

Amongst remains of a life I should not own

It takes all I am to believe