08/11/2026
Sitting at Tables
I think about a certain photo of me quite often. I’m just sitting at a table in our quiet living room. It’s overwhelming the amount of things that season of life contained. It was so rich, deeply painful, extraordinarily fun, and marked by a deepening of love for Jesus. I dug deep wells in this season, or rather, God dug them in me.
And I think I’m realizing that I’ve been grieving this season being gone for quite some time. At the time, it truly felt unending. I wondered if I would ever be standing where I am today.
2016-2020 were years of newness, adventure, doing brave things, doing hard things — and doing most of it scared. And they were years of sitting at tables. I realize that sounds silly, but it’s true. A lot happens around a table.
But most of all, that’s where I met Jesus the most. I’m not sure how you picture Jesus or God or if you do at all. But I have a very distinct picture of Him in my mind. And every time I see Him, He’s always in the same clothes and at a table, with a chair pulled out just for me.
I think it’s less about what He looks like to me, and more about what it represents about His character. He is constant, steady, reliable, safe. He is patient, never forceful. He is the kindest, and most gentle. He is inviting, eager to listen, and slow to speak.
I miss these moments at a table with Him. I miss this season of ample time to just sit and be. And while I may not ever get back to this exact same season, His unwavering faithfulness is the same. Our table looks a little different — mostly more messy and covered in crumbs and tiny fingerprints. And it’s far less quiet. But, I’ve found He is just as present, just as patient, just as kind.
Lord,
I pray for whoever is reading this - that they would know You are waiting on them. Would you invite them to simply sit at a table with You, and would they extend the same invitation to others. Allow us to slow down in the midst of lives and culture that constantly tell us resting is a waste. Grant us Your peace as we move through this day. Amen
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