Of all the
prayers we teach our children and grandchildren, this one (next to the Lord’s Prayer) may be the most beloved:
Come, Lord Jesus
Be our guest.
And let these gifts
to us be blessed.
Amen.
Not only
does this little prayer invite Jesus to be our unseen guest as we give thanks
and partake of the gifts He gives for our nourishment, “Come, Lord Jesus” also reminds us that:
* Jesus
will come again on the Last Day with great power and glory
* Jesus
will come to judge, as we say in the Creed, “the living and the dead”
* Jesus
will come at a time when we least expect Him
* Jesus
will come and we, His people, will rejoice as our hope - eternal life - is realized in Jesus
When we
become adults, sometimes we set aside the prayers we prayed as a child. Not so with this one. Its words express the longing of every
believing heart. And so we pray, Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus!
