Tasting Forgiveness.

Tasting Forgiveness
by Robbie Seay Band

I'm pleading my innocence here
Exposing my arrogance all the while
Hoping that nobody sees
Especially You

I've yielded to all that has cost me
And thrown to the side what is free
And I'm lying if I say that I've figured it out

But maybe this time
The bread and the wine
Will be more than food on my lips

I'm tasting forgiveness
And drinking of mercy
I feast on redemption
Tasting forgiveness

I have heard this song done at a communion service twice now.
Both times this song was played was a beautiful communion experience.
But this is more than just a communion song.
This is more than something to bring about an emotional service.
The picture here of eating and drinking, is something we observe every day.

(rant : Why do we only consider it to be communion when we use little wafers and single sip grape juice in a "church" setting?
Why can't communion be "as oft as you do this (eat and drink. That is what they were doing when he said it) " as the bible says.
Some church's require Membership of their church to observe it with them.
But in reality, Communion is every time we sit to eat.
To break the bread and drink the cup. : end rant)

Part of the reason for that rant, is that we need to remember the broken body and shed blood on a daily basis.
We taste His forgiveness everytime we mess up, we drink in His mercy, with every breath we take, and we feast on his redemption, every time we are in communion with Him.
Which for the Christ follower, is always.

every day

every hour

every moment in time

And yet, we sit idly by with all of this going on.
Not taking it seriously.
Not drinking in every drop, and pasionately pursuing the taste of true communion with The One who created us.

Feasting with our maker.
What a beautiful picture. I was reading about the Baha'i religion.
A monotheistic religion where there is no access to the creator.
he is distant
Inaccessable
Not Jehovah, who is right here with us
"always, to the end of the age." Jesus, Matt 28.20

When we realize this,
maybe this time
The bread and the wine
Will be more than food on my lips.

God
Main article: God in the Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í writings describe a single,
personal, inaccessible,
omniscient, omnipresent, imperishable, and almighty God who is the creator of all things
in the universe.[9][10] The existence of God and the universe is
thought to be eternal, without a beginning or end.[11]
Though inaccessible
directly, God is nevertheless seen as conscious of creation,
with a will and
purpose that is expressed through messengers termed
Manifestations of
God.[9][12]
Bahá'í teachings state
that God is too great for humans to fully comprehend, or to
create a
complete and accurate image, by themselves; human understanding of God
is
through his revelation via his Manifestations of God.[13][14]
In the Bahá'í religion God
is often referred to by titles and attributes (e.g.
the All-Powerful, or the
All-Loving), and there is a substantial emphasis on monotheism; such doctrines as
the Trinity
contradict the Bahá'í view that God is single and has no equal.[15] The Bahá'í teachings state
that the attributes which are applied to God are used to translate Godliness
into human terms and also to help individuals concentrate on their own
attributes in worshipping God to develop their potentialities on their spiritual
path.[13][14] According to the Bahá'í
teachings the human purpose is to learn to know and love God through such
methods as prayer and reflection.[13]

Side note on article: How can you know and love a god through prayer and
reflection, when he is completely inaccessable?

Ps. Yes, yes i am trying to write in the "Rob Bell" format. I like it.