'til her daddy takes her t-bird away

So the past couple of days I've been reading Hebrews. One thing that has come up several times is the idea of Jesus' humanity. I think my conception of Jesus is a little too narrow in one sense. No matter how many times I read it, I just can't really envision the temptation and related suffering of Jesus. The end of chapter 2 says he "suffered when he was tempted." Maybe I have created a pedestal, but the idea of Jesus suffering through temptation doesn't register.

This may be why I feel like I'm always missing something from communion. First of all, on a related tangent, I have no tangible or identifiable concept of how communion is a "means of grace." That phrase just makes me feel lost. Like some fire from heaven should come down on your head when you eat your bread and drink your wine, and if you don't get the fire, well, maybe Christianity just isn't for you. I'm being a wee bit dramatic, but I never have quite known what I should get out of communion. Part of me never can grasp the thought of Jesus suffering. It feels too surreal. Too ungodly. Too fake. Thus, communion usually serves as a time for me to meditate on how I need God, how God has helped me, but not necessarily how he has saved me. If that makes any sense.

What is communion to you? How do you see it as a means of grace? How do you spend your time and thoughts during communion? How do you reconcile the humanity and divinity of Jesus? Does it help you to know Jesus was tempted? I'm curious to know.

On the lighter side, I had a grand weekend. I went to a concert of one Matt Terrell and accompanists (really, they had their own things going) at Eddie's Attic. This also served as occasion to spend time with Leah and Melinda. Pretty much two of my favorite people in the world.

Saturday and Sunday were both really laid-back chill days. However! Sunday I also got up the courage to do something I've never done before. If it were to be in the Sunday newspaper word scramble, the words might look something like: sitfr tead. I'm way excited! Way, way, way excited!