Eat from my banquet table, dear one. See the foods before you. Endless choices.

Smell the aromas of roasted meat and fresh vegetables. Taste the sweet fruits.

I provide abundantly. Sit with me at my feast. Let us join in celebration. The music of a festival fills the air. Flames dance in joy from torches and fireplaces. Children clap their hands as they dance, as they celebrate the abundant life I provide.

Join in, dear one. Enter my feast and let me be your host.

Let me set this banqueting table before you in the midst of the darkness beyond, in the midst of loss and pain.

In me is life and healing and joy. Join me, my love.

Join me.

“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.”

John 15:5 Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. All rights reserved.