A friend recently asked me about one of the pictures from the post on Leah’s memorial service. She wanted to know if we had a tea party at Leah’s service, because one of the pictures shows a small cup and plate. Now, for those of you who don’t know me, this was a reasonable question because I would drink tea almost anywhere and anytime. However, the cup filled with juice and the little roll were not a graveside tea party, but rather communion elements.
The cup and plate came from a Bunnykins baby plate set. I had spotted the set at Costco before we got pregnant, and seeing as Jeff loves bunnies, and these particular bunnies are going to school in the pictures, and we both love school, I thought it would be perfect when we had a baby. When we actually got pregnant I checked repeatedly to make sure they still carried it, and it was always there. I decided that I would buy it once we got a little closer to actually using it. As we discussed the plans for Leah’s memorial service, and decided to serve communion, we were asked what type of vessels we would want to hold the juice and bread. We considered bringing a wine glass or finding a pink cup and plate. Then I thought of the Bunnykins set that we had picked out for our baby. I knew it would be perfect.
We decided to partake of communion at the service because it points to the hope that we have, and explains what peace we have, knowing that through Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection the grave will ultimately have no victory and death no sting. For now we feel death’s sting acutely, but we cling to the knowledge that someday this hurt will be erased. For that day, we celebrated. For the promise of that day, we celebrated. For the precious time we had with Leah, we celebrated. We ate and drank with our family and friends, and shared fellowship through our most holy meal, in thankfulness of Christ’s willingness to partake of the sorrows and pains of death in order that we might know more than this limited life. We celebrated with anticipation of the healing that we know God will bring to our broken hearts, and with gratitude for the support and care he has provided for us in the meantime.
The cup and plate came from a Bunnykins baby plate set. I had spotted the set at Costco before we got pregnant, and seeing as Jeff loves bunnies, and these particular bunnies are going to school in the pictures, and we both love school, I thought it would be perfect when we had a baby. When we actually got pregnant I checked repeatedly to make sure they still carried it, and it was always there. I decided that I would buy it once we got a little closer to actually using it. As we discussed the plans for Leah’s memorial service, and decided to serve communion, we were asked what type of vessels we would want to hold the juice and bread. We considered bringing a wine glass or finding a pink cup and plate. Then I thought of the Bunnykins set that we had picked out for our baby. I knew it would be perfect.We decided to partake of communion at the service because it points to the hope that we have, and explains what peace we have, knowing that through Christ’s sacrifice and resurrection the grave will ultimately have no victory and death no sting. For now we feel death’s sting acutely, but we cling to the knowledge that someday this hurt will be erased. For that day, we celebrated. For the promise of that day, we celebrated. For the precious time we had with Leah, we celebrated. We ate and drank with our family and friends, and shared fellowship through our most holy meal, in thankfulness of Christ’s willingness to partake of the sorrows and pains of death in order that we might know more than this limited life. We celebrated with anticipation of the healing that we know God will bring to our broken hearts, and with gratitude for the support and care he has provided for us in the meantime.
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