Family Dinner

 

Life is busy, everyone has different schedules, how do you find time in the week for community and family? My answer is Church Sunday morning and Dinner Sunday night.

Church has always been the place I get plugged in to the community. It’s where my neighbors all see each other on Sunday morning and talk about what is going on in the community and what we want to do to for said community. It’s where we lift each other up in prayer and celebrate with each other over healing, accomplishments, and birthdays. Community is an important part of any week and I’m glad my church is my community.

I’m not sure when it started or how it happened, but somehow my whole family (all my family that lives in the area) usually have Sunday nights free. So, what better way to stay in touch then to have Sunday night dinner? It doesn’t happen every single week, but for the most part we find ourselves all pitching in to put some food on either our table or theirs. We spend the time catching everyone up on our week, discussing plans for family outings, just enjoying each other’s company. And on the weeks we don’t end up doing it for one reason or another, I find I miss it. It’s nice having one night a week where we actually sit at the table and enjoy a meal.

I have to be honest; I don’t always pray before I eat, but when we have family dinner we pray. And if we forget, my 4 year old cousin reminds us. It’s usually a simple prayer, thank you for family and for this food amen, but it’s an important part of the evening. Family, community, and God. That’s what Sundays are for. That’s what every day is for. What would life be without the people we love and the God who created us? It would be pretty empty. So, take some time this week to pour into the community and your family because tomorrow, well tomorrow is another Monday.