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God, awaken us to the everyday miracle
of a simple meal.
Whether it is takeout that took a phone call,
or a recipe that took an entire afternoon,
or the cereal-for-dinner-again feeling
this meal creates,
bless it all.
So blessed are we, sharing a meal today.
May we recognize God's goodness
in the thoughtful preparation,
in the delivering,
in the eating together,
savoring something that tastes like love.
May our time around the table be a gift.
May we be present to one another,
engaging all our senses
as an act of thankful worship
for the nourishment that's before us
with the people we love. Or are trying to.
God, bless the hands that prepared this,
those with us now,
and the ones we wish were.
Bless us, oh God.
In all of our eating and cooking
and gathering and sharing,
our jokes, talking with out mouths full,
and elbows on the table
may we taste and see the love that multiplies.
Amen.
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