The family table is a big deal in our house. We sit for hours sometimes; going from preparing a meal, to enjoying the meal, to clean-up, to dessert, to games afterwards. I love it when the house is filled with people; and laughter! And it gets loud too!
Bill and I have been married for 30 years now; our kids are grown. But we still seem to have those “family table times.” When we set a time and date for a family table, everyone RSVP’s like its a special event… even if it’s just pizza…
Bill and I pastor a church (did I tell you that?) We have worked as a team since 1980…. He’s now a doctoral student (soon to graduate — that’s been a journey all its own). I help with worship, and work as a family counselor. We’ve enjoyed this journey….
This blog is to written to invite you to our family table. During the years our children were in development, our family table was the place where the issues of living would surface. The girls would ask a question. Their friends would ask a question. We would answer. Discussion would continue, many times with laughter and discovery. Sometimes, a conflict would occur during their day, and we would sort it out together — at the table — working through pain to find healing, growth and personal identity.
Over the years, I have learned that lessons and healing happen around the table. Additionally, something spiritual always enters the mix when we connect over food. This kind of bonding has to have been God’s idea.
As a counselor, I have discovered that the concept of a family table is foreign in many homes. If that has been in the case in your own life, please — allow me to invite you to this one.
Of late, now in my fifties, I’ve been looking back on the pathway Abba Father has been leading me on since I was three. And, in the midst of learning lessons about life, about relationships, about God, about myself and others….. I want to invite you to the table. Come and share these lessons with me.
If you would like to, please feel invited to add your own responses. Let’s connect and make the journey! Blessings!
Thanks for reading!
Wow….is there no end to your talents?????? If I were a lesser person, I would be totally jealous! (lol)
Love you!
Pray and believe with me that God would provide a beautiful dinette and chairs for me and my boys, we only have a table….meals together………….hmmmmmm my heart aches for. In Jesus Name, thanks!
Deb,
If I had known you had a blog, I would have checked it out long ago. Our lives have taken very different paths. If you want to contact me by email, I will gladly provide details.
I will be leaving my house soon, and I am finally going through my attic after all these years. I came across a couple of books on Praise that belong to you. Once I have your mailing address, I’ll send them to you. I also found the record album you autographed as I sorted through the LP’s.
I have thought about you and Bill often, remembering all the kindness you showed us. I would love to hear from you.
Kitty Burgett
I just started reading your blog, am I am really enjoying it.
I really admire your singing abilities Debbye, I have been trying to find albums/songs with you, but there are not many to be found. Did you never record any albums on your own?
Love the song ‘To Him who sits on the throne’
Hi William — I do have several projects of my stuff… I am working on creating a sort of marketplaceon lulu.com…. thanks for asking.