Speak Grace

We call it the “blessing" while others call it "saying grace."  Whatever it's called, it's that time before the meal when heads are bowed, eyes closed, and God is thanked for the food.  Dad & Mom always made us hold hands so I grew up thinking everyone did.  Dad joked it was to keep little hands out of the food but after raising three boys, I don't think it was a joke!

God's Table of Bounty is plentiful in our lives.  We allow blessings to breeze by us as quickly as hours in the day, giving little thought what they are and from whence they come.  How many times have you sang, "Praise God from Whom all blessings flow?" Can you recite it thoughtlessly, eyes closed, half asleep?  The Psalmist asks. "Who satisfieth thy desire with good things?" (103:5)  James answers, "every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father ..." (James 1:17)  God spoke His Grace perfectly and completely in the Person of Jesus Christ, and when we "say grace" we acknowledge His physical and spiritual provisions. Our blessings are not always measured by the hand or the eye; many are felt with the heart and best known by a common and precious bond with God’s Spirit and Truth.  This is the week to pause in genuine reflection for God’s many blessings; be thankful then ... speak grace.