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Opening Hearts Opening Minds Opening Doors
“This is not our house. It is God’s house. We cannot tell God who is welcome and who is not.”
- It is God’s House and God’s Table
It is God’s House and God’s Table
This is not my house. This is God's house. I cannot tell God Who is welcome And who is not.
This is not my table. I do not sit at the head as host. It is the table of Christ. He is host. I cannot tell the host who can sit here and who cannot.
The doors of God's House are open to all who need shelter, who crave the fellowship and friendship of God, and even to those who hate God or cannot bring themselves to trust that God exists or could care for them. Anyone, everyone is welcome as honored guests in God's house.
This table of Christ is long and it has many chairs. There is always room for one more, for those craving the fellowship of the sacred table, a place to belong, to be somebody to somebody. Anyone, everyone has a place at the table of Christ.
This food, simple yet divine, is bountiful, abundant, ample for all, especially those who are hungry and thirsty for what mere bread and drink cannot supply. Anyone, everyone has a plate and a portion served by the very hand of the Christ. No one is sent away hungry or thirsty here.
- Lord, who am I that you swing open your door and embrace me?
- Who am I that you escort me to your table and pull out a chair for me?
- Who am I that you would provide such wondrous and costly food?
- And how can I but humbly bow my head at such grace and, like you, embrace all your guests, all who, like me, are unworthy of your house, unfit for your table and food?
Yet I am your child dear God.
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