This weekend, Jon and I went to a very funny Eurovision Party. Each of the guests was given a country and asked to provide food or drink from that place for everyone to enjoy.

People really went to town -( even if that town was Brashov.)

Jon was given Estonia. Not an easy country to find food from, let me tell you. In our research for his course, I came across this fact.

Instead of wishing others “bon appetit”, when eating, Estonians are prone to say “jätku leiba” (“may your bread last”). Estonia has never been a land of plenty. If a piece of bread is dropped on the floor, it is considered good form to pick it up, kiss it to show respect, and eat it. Perhaps our family is secretly Estonian? At any rate, we pretty much have the same policy!

This “may your bread last” reminded me of the Lord’s prayer, “give us today our daily bread.” As I am sure you will know, Jesus referred to himself as the ‘bread of life.’ He was also born in Bethlehem which means “House of bread.” He asked that whenever we eat bread we remember him.

This evening, we will be leading communion for our grow group. I will be encouraging them to speak “May your bread last” to one another as a sign of our desire to grow deeper into the bread of life that is Jesus.

May your spiritual bread last, not just for today, but for eternity.