You see, yesterday at lunch I had the privilege of sitting at a beautiful table that I believe was set by God. At the far end of the table the place card read "Carl". Carl is a middle aged, african american man confined to a wheelchair. Carl came with his physical therapist and our good friend, David. David picked Carl up for church and then brought him to lunch. That's not part of David's job as a PT, just what he does because he follows Christ. Scattered among the place cards of the 15 children at the table were two that read "Mya" and "Chasity". Mya and Chasity are two beautiful and precious african american girls that we take turns picking up and that spend a lot of time with our families. They are 13 and 15 year old sisters. Across from me sat the Glissons, a family that recently moved to town after returning from years of mission work in Uganda. They have lots of place cards! To the mix, they bring their 4 biological children and the 2 little miracles they adopted while in Uganda, Brooks and Ansley.
Ok, there really were no place cards. There were no elaborate centerpieces. This table was long and loud and scattered with dirty napkins and Jason's Deli advertisements. There were half eaten plates of food, melted ice cream cones and empty cracker wrappers. In order to see the beauty of this table you had to look up...at the faces. The faces that were black and white, old and young, rich and poor, biological and adopted, born in America and born in Africa. As I looked up and around, I just couldn't help but feel that I was sitting at a truly beautiful table. A table set by God with Christ as the beautiful centerpiece. And I was filled with gratitude that one of the place cards read "Jenny".
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Beautiful. Mind if I share?
Thank you. I would love for you to share :). I just discovered your blog when I clicked on your post. Looks awesome! Can't wait to check it out!
Wish there had been a few freckled faces at that table! :)
kcc
Its funny that you wrote that because I have had a similar feeling all day today just thinking about last nights festive dinner. God is good!
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