Our reading today is Luke 14:13:
“When you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind, and you will be blessed.”
Years ago, Liz and I had a little game. We called it “Who Would You Invite?” The rules were simple: If you could invite anyone from history to dinner, who would it be? There was one catch—no Bible characters. Otherwise, the table would always fill with God, Jesus, Moses, and Elijah. So we left room for George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, maybe and Albert Einstein. It was harmless fun, the kind you play with a smile.
But time has a way of changing the game.
If I played it today, my list would be different. Now, it would be my wife of 55 years, my brother and his wife Sherry, and their son, my dear friend Doug. That would be a wonderful meal, but now they’re all waiting for me in eternity.
There’s a saying I love: “Every day is a ‘good old day’ when you have enough faith to realize it.” Today counts. So does the dinner you share tonight, no matter who’s at your table.
And as for the feast that awaits us? That one won’t be here. It’ll be when we get Home.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.