Shaken not Stirred

The other day at our church opening ‘do’ for our new building addition, there were, of course, drinks and snacks for the quests who were attending. After the formal bit, when we were enjoying the refreshments, I saw what I thought was quite a clever idea.

Normally at these functions one wants to be on their best behaviour and to be fairly delicate about picking and eating their food. Well, there were these crisps in a bowl for people to nibble at, but of course, taking one crisp at a time is a bit of a pain, but then I guess, you don’t want to be seen grabbing a handful! So what I saw seemed to be the perfect solution.

It was this – the person I saw had taken a clean wine glass and then taken some crisps and placed them into the glass. They were able to nibble away without the need to keep going back for one crisp at a time.

At this point my mind raced on and I thought, if you were to shake the wine glass, the crisps would settle a bit and you could get more in, what a result. However, I then thought that if you were to crush the crisps into very small bits you could fill the glass and get loads more in, even more of a result!

I then remembered that verse in Luke 6 talking about giving with a loving and genuine heart. Verse 38 actually says, “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap.” I thought how many more crisps could have gone into that glass if they were crushed down even to overflowing and landing on your lap.

All this may well seem to be from someone whose mind had completely gone over the top just seeing those crisps in a wine glass. But much more than that it told me something about God’s love for you and me. That love is not minimal, it is pressed down, shaken together and running over. God’s love is not for you to ‘just get by on’, it is overflowing!

Vic, 13/09/2026

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Our Church meets every Sunday at 10:30am for our Sunday Service. There is limited parking but there is plenty of local free parking on Sundays
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Wymondham Baptist Church
Queen Street
Wymondham
Norfolk NR18 0AY

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You will receive a very warm greeting from us. Our dedicated welcome team will be able to answer your questions and direct you to where you need to go. A member of the Leadership Team is also on hand to help with any queries. There will be praise and worship, singing, prayer, Bible reading. There will be teaching from one of the leaders at the Church with a chance to respond at the end of the service.

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Creche (3 months - pre-school). Children under 3 months are welcome but must be accompanied by their parent/carer at all times.
L2:52 (reception - year 6)
T4:12 ( Year 7 - year 11)

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