Eat the fat!

Lily Cathcart July 11, 2026 2 2

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Nehemiah 8: 10 (NIV-UK)

10 Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.’

Since humans began we have enjoyed eating together.

The world can be hard and life can be harder: this has always been true.

But we are a resilient species and so we celebrate with each other when we can.

What is your choice of celebration food?
Are you all about the cake with a certain way to cut it so everyone gets the perfect slice?
Are you keen to make sure no-one goes home hungry? Cooking so much food you send them away with leftovers?
Are you meticulous in making sure everyone has something they love to eat, sculpting a menu to suit everyone’s likes and needs together in one harmonious experience?

However you like to do it, there is something holy about celebrating with friends and food. It can be healing in a way we didn’t even know we needed, motivating in a way we weren’t expecting and calming in a way that speaks to the ancient part of all our souls which Jesus himself would have felt as he celebrated with his own friends so long ago.

Prayer:

God who celebrates with us

Thank you for the joy we feel when there is good food and good friends to share it with
thank you that humans live in such a bountiful world where there are so many opportunities to be creative with what we eat. Please be with us as we eat, rejoice with us as we celebrate big things and little things. Help us God to open ourselves and our places of worship to celebrations and food together.

Amen