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I remember one daily recurring theme for my mother: will we
all be at the dinner table at the same time? After school activities, work schedules,
and just plain old life all seemed to creep in on this important time. Family
time. All the family at one place at the
same time. A place to share the
happenings of the day. Catch up on what’s happened and what’s happening.
Getting everyone together is what Jesus spoke of in John 17:20-26. He prayed
that all his children would get on the same page, for God’s sake. That all who believed
would be of one heart and mind, and many more would believe. Each of us with
our God-given unique personalities, our differing takes on just about everything,
have many excuses to grow apart. But Christ prayed that we be one. And he gave
us the unifying answer: himself. The unity he spoke of did not depend upon
agreement on other views. It was agreement on one thing: belief in Jesus, the
perfect Savior of the world. It is this belief, this faith in God coming to us
in human form, which is bigger than all of life’s other issues, if we will let
it be.
Everyone all together, all saying thanks, at one table. Mom’s
dream. Jesus prayer. Let it be!
