The lone piece of communion bread fell from the tray and landed on the burgundy carpet. As my head bowed over the front pew, what represented the body of Christ lay unnoticed on the floor in front of the altar. Then one of the men passing out the elements moved and stepped on the bread, and in a turning motion he unwittingly ground the square of bread further into the rug. A few moments later, the men all returned to get the wine to pass out. Several of the men missed stepping on the piece of bread, but two of them stepped on it again. The last man who went into position to receive the tray of wine not only stepped on it again, but then he kicked the bread about two feet to the right. Eventually, one of the deacons noticed the badly battered and almost crumbled piece of communion bread and thankfully picked it up. He put the bread in his pocket - though kicked around a bit and stepped upon - still whole and complete.
"For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifying expectation of judgment and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God…" - Hebrews 10:26-29
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