As real as giving gets

Morning: Psalm 69:1-38; Jeremiah 22:13-23; Romans 8:12-27

Evening: Psalm 73; John 6:41-51

When a flesh-and-blood human gives her all, her generosity nourishes other lives. You may know someone who has given himself for the sake of others during this COVID pandemic. This is what Jesus means when he says, “the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh”. Such self-giving does not need to lead to a gruesome death. Most will not die, as Jesus does, when they give of themselves. But when any flesh-and-blood human gives their all, in whatever way, for the world’s sake, their gift, like Jesus’s gift, is as real as giving gets.