Jesus wants to eat with us

I can't remember for sure, but I think it was Rebecca who started it...

When we say grace before meals as a family, we can never really be sure what to expect. But recently a certain phrase comes up that really makes me smile.

"Thank you God for Jesus coming to eat with us."

The first few times that the twins started including this phrase in their prayers, I thought it was a cute misunderstanding or combination of thoughts. We would often thank God for our guests joining us for dinner (if we had any) and they knew that Jesus is somehow involved in their prayers. But recently, I have come to appreciate this reminder from the girls of just what kind of relationship God wants to have with each of us.

Revelation 3:20 - "Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if any hear my voice and open the door, I will come into their house and eat with them, and they will eat with me."

Sharing a meal together is an incredibly intimate act in the Jewish culture, yet that is the kind of relationship that God wants to have with me. Who knows how much the girls really understand of all this, but maybe it is just another demonstration of that childlike faith that Jesus talks about. Don't we say that we believe that when two or more of us are gathered in his name, Christ is in our midst. Maybe we should all be thanking God that Jesus has come to eat with us today.