This table...

 Something so simple, and something plain can be so powerful. Something so power as to fill a stomach and a heart.

My table is not perfect...

This simple table that we call a dining room table, is the focal point of every meal. It is the table we come together as a family to pray and eat together. To share stories about our day, and our plans for the week. It is also a table that without fail we sit as a family. No one sits a lone, and no one eats a lone. It is the place, where we thank our Heavenly Father for never failing to provide for us. It also has hosted many family game nights, and many family date nights. It has stood through tears of sadness and tears of joy! It has seated both of our beautiful sticky handed children. And still holds strong for another round, if God willing.
This table also stands as a class room table, arts and crafts table, the play dough factory, and a lunch room from time to time! It also is a place where I have made many blankets and bags.
This so simple table can stop a a room full of talkative toddlers, a room full of goofy adults to gather around pray and eat. It may not be perfect and shinny like it use to be, but that's ok because every little scratch means that I fed my family and friends, and no one left hungry or empty.

It has sticky stuff on it...

It is also a piece of furniture that sometimes can become neglected. Sometimes we as a nation forget that this table is not a part time laundry storage, project holder, or filing cabinet. It was designed to bring families together not a part. In this time as our families are rushing off to here or there, make sure we STOP and clear that dusty table we call a dinner table, and sit and gather together for a home cooked (or order in) meal together as a family.

"Give us today our daily bread..." Matthew 6:11

Blessings

Tina