“There’s a cupping grace to it — how remembering becomes a healing. We welcome remembering . . . hold remembering, we let remembering wrap around us and carry us like a dance that need not end.”- Ann Voskamp
As Ann Voskamp concludes Chapter 2 of The Broken Way, she observes there are a thousand raw reasons to be afraid of suffering and broken things. Yet, we touch a bit of Christ as we touch the broken, hungry, hurting, thirsty, and busted. In addition, God gives the most healing intimacy in suffering.
However, Ann adds, the strength of this reality tends to weaken our knees. Therefore, we respond to this reality by acting on Jesus’ command- do this in remembrance of Me. Ms. Voskamp states the Greek word poieo, “to do,” is a present imperative. This indicates continuing action.
In other words, we continuously remember Jesus in all our daily exploits, from rising to setting sun. We never stop doing this. Hence, Ann extends this thought:
“We, the people with chronic soul amnesia, are called to be the re-membering people (emphasis Ann’s). The people who remember- and have their brokenness remembered.”
In addition, remembrance, anamnesis, consists of two levels of meaning:
- memory by mental recall
- to experience a past event again through the physical
In conclusion, holding on to remembrance, through the Lord’s Supper for example, means the Lord never abandons us. As a result, Ann reminds us:
“What and how you remember will determine if your broken, dis-membered places will re-member you in your broken place.”
Today’s question: How have you experienced a cupping grace- how remembering becomes a healing? Please share.
Tomorrow’s blog: “Christ’s brokenness and givenness”
