I wanted to let all you Southerners out there know that I just committed the travesty of eating leftover grits again.... someone made garlic and herb grits for an Easter breakfast over in Worldwide Ministries (I snuck in after they all went outside for the division photo), which well may be the best grits I've tried yet. Nothing brightens my day like free food. Hmm, hmm... the cinnamon roll I snuck out is exquisite.

Today is Maundy Thursday. If you read the blog earlier in the week, you know that today Christians commemorate the Last Supper. The lectionary for today includes:

Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14
Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
John 13:1-17, 31b-35

You may remember that the word "maundy" refers to the new commandment that Jesus gives Christians, to love one another. Perhaps, then, today is an appropriate day to remember all the people in the world that we don't show our love to. From those afflicted with HIV/AIDS in Africa to the woman down the hall from us, it is all too easy to forget what it is to love. Love requires action rather than emotion. It is agape rather than eros. How have we acted to show God's love, and where have we failed?

Holy Week is a good time to remember, and to repent. Take some time out today to remember what it means to love one another, and then take time to act on that love. For the song is right when it says, "They will know we are Christians by our love." There are too many times where we proclaim Christ with our mouths while denying him in the same breath by our actions.

"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." --John 13:34-35

Kelsey