Rich and Poor at the Table of the Lord

Rich and Poor at the Table of the Lord
1 Corinthians 11.17-22

The school groundsman was working to get the sports field ready for the big match the next day. The same pitch had been used for both hockey and football, and he needed to be sure that it was now marked out afresh with the right lines for tomorrow’s football game.

But early on he made a small mistake and crossed from one line to the other. His eye was so firmly fixed on the ground ahead of him, marking the lines straight, that he didn’t realize. Only when he had finished, and stood up and looked at the whole field, did he realize what he had done. He had rubbed out the lines he should have been drawing more clearly, and he had drawn more clearly the lines he should have rubbed out...

Taken from Paul 1 Corinthians for Everyone – by Tom Wright