St. Jude's Booth

St. Jude's Booth

Did you hear?
Yesterday, there was free bottled water and protein bars at the St. Jude's booth,
And you can see Him pass them out.
They wanted to make Him King, but he fled to Costco to get away.
At Capernaum's Costco, they wanted free hydro flasks and sushi, and they said:
Rabbi, when did you get here?
He only answered: Ye seek me, not because you saw miracles, but because ye ate the protein bars, and were filled.

Patiently, He tried to explain again:
There is something more immensely of greater value here, He said, and I am
that bread of life.
They said: Is that like a philosopher's stone?
No. Remember your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness?
Well, I can give you living bread, you know, my flesh.
Say what? We don't get it.
Is it like a skin graft? What do we need it for?
His meaning was totally lost on these people, so literal.
Many recoiled by His speech and thought, how can this man give us his flesh to eat, we just want free bagels and sushi.
Listen, listen, He said, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man,
and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
You will dwell in me, He continued, and I will dwell in you. Do you see now?
Many still did not grasp, and they said: You know, this is a hard thing you are talking about.
And many left.

Let us not be them. Let us understand His meaning.
That Bread of Life, and Living Water, it poignantly reminds us of
the price He paid to redeem us.
Broken bread, torn flesh.
Wash our garments in the Savior's blood.
Internalize the qualities and character of Christ.
Let us also remember to tell those who stop at the St. Jude's booth.

Ideas came from reading: The Living Bread Which Came Down from Heaven
Elder D. Todd Christofferson and the New Testament