God of growth and death, we humbly thank you for this food you have provided. In this season where so much appears dead and dying, we thank you that you are the living God who always looks after your children. Teach us not to look for you only in the green leaves, but also in the bare branches. Bless this food to our bodies and our bodies to your service. Amen.
For me, this grace reflects the season of winter. It is easy to lose sight of what God is doing in winter when everything is dark and grey and stark. But we must remember that God has always provided through lean times, and is even now providing food to eat when the ground outside is frozen solid. Our God never forgets her children.
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Table blessings composed and discussed by the "Take and Eat" class at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, fall 2008.
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