Day 5
And today's word is TABLE. Today is also the Five minute Friday Linkup. I think Table is tied up in a couple other words. Food. Hospitality. Gathering. We gather around a table set with a banquet of delicious food shared with friends or family. A table isn't just a place we sit down and eat at. The table is supposed to be a place we gather around to share our hearts and souls with others while nourishing our bodies, too. A table may be a slab of wood with four wooden legs, but if a table could tell stories then it would tell you so much more. It wouldn't just tell you of the kinds of food placed upon it. It would tell you of the hearts and souls gathered about it. It would tell you of the sorrows wept there and the tears of laughter shed there and hope and comfort and love. The table could tell you about the grandmother who has set a meal upon that table for decades now. The babies that have grown into children and the children grown into adults. The fathers and mothers who tried incessantly to teach those children proper table etiquette. The friends who came to share in the family warmth. A table is not just a place to sit and eat. It is the place where people gather, cultures brought together as one, different tongues and languages join hands in prayer to the same God and Father. All people's love food and the table is where we are all brought together to delight in this wonderful nourishing gift, setting aside differences in order to love our brothers and sisters better with a plate of food and neighborly hospitality. A table isn't just a wooden structure, it is a gathering place for community and friendship.
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Hannah Foster
3/6/2020 09:08:24 am
Jen,
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3/6/2020 10:57:16 am
Oh my - the stories that our tables could tell! It convicts me (in a sense) that I would hope those stories told would be pleasing - and would honor Christ. IF my table could talk:)
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Hannah Foster
3/7/2020 04:29:33 am
Jennifer, I totally know what you mean and I am right there with you. I am sure there are plenty of conversations around my own dinner table that I would not want repeated. It makes us stop and think about how our conversations are going to impact others for eternity.
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3/6/2020 12:08:21 pm
They are gathered now for dinner
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Hannah Foster
3/7/2020 04:30:03 am
Thanks for sharing the lovely poem!
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3/7/2020 04:18:28 am
Thankyou for the beauty and grace wrapped around your treatment of the Table, the aroma of Grace.
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Hannah Foster
3/7/2020 04:30:50 am
You're very welcome! Thank you for your kind comment!
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