Hairs, errr, Heirs of God

We went to church tonight, where we were observing two of our most special Christian ordinances: Baptism and the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper is always a special and meaningful time for me, but has become more so in the last year as my 8-year-old, Emma, has began taking it after her baptism last year.

We had already passed the bread plate and eaten it. It was now time for the pseudo-thimbles of grape juice to come around. I always get really nervous when we pass that tray. I am so afraid that I'm going to drop it. I now have to worry about Emma dropping it or Luke grabbing it as it goes by, but we had a successful pass through our row. Whew!I'm sitting there, being all reverent. I glance over at Emma and share a smile with her. I bow my head and think to myself, "Lord Jesus, thank You for what you did for my sins. Thank You for spilling your precious blood for me..."

That's when I saw something weird. There was something in my juice... Upon closer inspection, I saw that there was a hair floating in my juice! Immediately I began to panic and try to figure out how to handle the situation. As I saw it, I had three options:

1. I could flag down an usher as they came back up the aisle. "Excuse me, waiter? Yes. There's a hair in my juice. I'm pretty sure it's not Jesus' hair." Yeah, that was not gonna work.
2. I could just hold the cup and not drink the juice, but what would people sitting around me think about that? Too weird. My mom was already making eyes at me because I had a crazed look on my face. I thought about asking her to trade, but...
   
3. I could try to drink around the hair. Hmm...tiny cup...no way to miss it. Nope.

I pondered my choices for a moment. I thought, "Lord, I know there's a scripture in the Bible for just about every situation we face on this Earth. Can You help me out with this one? I don't think there's anything in there for this one."

That's when it came to me. Matthew 18:9 says "And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you." So I plucked!!! I am pretty sure God was laughing at me tonight as I was furiously fishing in my grape juice with my pinky fingernail. Success!