Perfect

Saturday was a historic day for Mosaic Church. 20 of us celebrated our first communion as a church here in Culpeper. As we began our celebration we opened it up for anyone to share their past experiences with communion. It was very interesting to hear the different experiences people had had in the past. Some shared their experiences as children growing up in the Catholic church and on into adulthood. How mechanical and impersonal it seemed. Others talked about the different traditions that really weren't explained. Some had never participated in communion...ever. Several had no idea why we take communion or the reasons why it important to our faith. How refreshing it was to share our first communion with a group of people excited about starting a new church...a new faith community. Everyone put aside their expectations and their past experiences to enjoy something fresh and new. And that's precisely why Jesus came. He came to start something new. He put aside the old plan, the old covenant, with its limitations, its incapabilities, and brought us the new plan, the new covenant, "written in (his) blood". A plan that is capable and unlimited. It takes away all our sins... from anyone who will believe. No matter how checkered our past. No matter how scetchy our present. No matter how uncertain we feel about our future. His body was given for us. His blood was poured out for us. To do what we couldn't do...save ourselves. "Christ made a single sacrifice for sins...It was a perfect sacrifice by a perfect person to perfect some very imperfect people." (Hebrews 10:12-13 The Message) That's a perfect description of the people here at Mosaic Church in Culpeper, VA. Some very imperfect people being perfected by a perfect Savior.
Duane