Once again, not much time to blog recently. The last three days have been taken up with Nexus Scotland, a Christian-Muslim wedding, and preparing for our nine Korean visitors who will arrive tomorrow afternoon for a 2-week exchange visit.
However, I just thought I would share with you one of the nearly 400 pictures I took during Nexus.
No - I haven't uploaded the wrong picture!
It was decided to invite exhibitors to come and enjoy a short visit to Loch Lomond, which included a meal on the Maid of the Loch (a paddle-steamer no longer in active service but used as a very excellent eating place) a brief sail up part of the loch, and then some entertainment back on the Maid before returning back to their hotels. This was the view as we returned from the sail just after sunset. Magnificent!
After a long and tiring day in an exhibition hall there is something truly refreshing and restful about the sight of the sun setting across a loch. But what was just as refreshing was the opportunity the exhibitors and organisers had of just getting to spend time with each other chatting and getting to know each other around a table.
It's no wonder Jesus spent so much time just eating and drinking with his followers. He knew the importance of relationships and how they are formed, established and deepened. Shared meals can be a very important element in that process, no matter what kind of relationship is involved.
2 comments:
Can't agree more about the sharing of meals.Eating a meal with family and friends is one of my absolute favourite things to do.
Loch Lomond. We used to sing that song in grade school and it always nearly made me cry. The bonnie bonnie banks - and here you paddle-steamered around on it and ate a meal, too.
Yes, you are right I think that Jesus knew what he was doing in forming relationships around meals and spending time together in such ways.
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