Communion

A lot of people in my life seem to be struggling with the idea of communion and have been making it this problem more vocal lately. They are struggling for various reasons but mainly it is because they are made to feel that they are not welcome to take communion. Some are even told that they are drinking their damnation. I don't know about you but liquid hell does not sound appetizing to me. This angers and saddens me especially because they are being denied and discouraged to take communion in the name of Jesus Christ. I was sent this from my pastor and I wanted to share it.
"The first time Jesus sat down to this meal, among those gathered there were one who would doubt him, one who would deny him, one who would betray him, and they would all leave him alone before that night was over—and he knew it. Still he sat down and ate with them. If he ate with them, surely he's ready to eat with us—baptized or not, confessed or not, Christian or not, sure or not, believer or not, saint or sinner or a little of both. All you have to be to eat at this table is hungry."
Communion is for the hungry. Period. It reminds me of Mark 2:17-On hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Again communion is for the hungry, not the full. So if you are hungry you are welcome to the table no matter what anyone else says.