Sacrament

I was affected by the notion of living our lives as a sacrament as was presented in week 4 of the course. It was in a section regarding the Celts and how they viewed life in community and how worship is an expression of the creative spirit, making our art as a sacrament.

When I looked at the word sacrament, it is a physical expression of God's grace, like the sacraments of communion. I began to think about how we would live if we considered every action of our live as a sacrament. What if, while going through my day, I was always listening for God's voice, waiting on his direction in each moment? Maybe I would hear him whisper that I need to pray for someone in the grocery line up, or go somewhere I wouldn't normally go, and He would show Himself in some way.

If I think about living sacramentally, maybe I will be kinder to the bank teller and more apt to see an opportunity to share my faith than I normally would.

This really connects with the ideas in the Devotional Classics book. I saw the entire book as an exhortation toward devotion. Every writing seemed to echo the idea of being disciplined and devoted to Christ, and that this would work itself out in our daily lives.

This song could work in a communion setting, as we are reminded of what Christ did for us, and we are physically holding the sacrament before us, we can also be reminded that as we go into the world around us, we can be that physical representation of Christ to the world. He was the Word made flesh, and how He lives in us. As He speaks to our hearts and we follow his direction, those words become flesh in us, in our actions.

This is a push toward a more holistic view of Christianity that the Celts had. Our faith must permeate each day of our lives, not just Sunday or during a meeting, but be walked out in our very being.