Communion

Recently when we had the Lord's Supper at our church, I was praying and got completely confused. (side note: this happens ALL the time when I pray. I'm thankful God doesn't have a problem keeping up with my wild trains of thought) It struck me as weird that we eat the bread (body of Christ) before we drink the wine/juice (blood of Christ).

Doesn't it seem to be more logical to do it the other way around? To first 'be washed' by the blood of Christ before then being filled by him? To be cleansed of our sins before partaking of something new? When I asked a friend about the practice she informed me that we do it that way because that's how Jesus did it. Which, you know, good answer. But also, very unsatisfying for me. I know that I don't believe that this is actually Christ's blood or body, that I believe that we do this because Christ told us to, as a memorial, a way to honor and remember rather than a physical partaking of Christ's sacrifice...but I still can't get past the fact that it seems backwards.