12.30-At the table with Jesus Christ and those you love.

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About 15 locations for our family table with Jesus.  We gathered around a table and ate some food and normally had some meat and bread.  We would thank God in the name of Jesus Christ for the food.  His presence was experienced as we talked over the good things and the hard things we were going through.  The family love was so normal and regular as breathing.  For many years it was taken for granted.  Then when we experienced loss from that table we came to appreciate the family table more.

Mom left in 2003 and dad a year later in 2004.
Sheila's mom, Gladys Self, left in 2007 and Ralph in 2011.
People we had been at the table with many times, but now at the table with Jesus in heaven we believe.

If you are a follower of Jesus and enjoyed a meal with your loved ones yesterday or today, do not take it for granted. 

John 21.

21 ^1-3 After this, Jesus appeared again to the disciples, this time at the Tiberias Sea (the Sea of Galilee). This is how he did it: Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed “Twin”), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the brothers Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. Simon Peter announced, “I’m going fishing.”

^3-4 The rest of them replied, “We’re going with you.” They went out and got in the boat. They caught nothing that night. When the sun came up, Jesus was standing on the beach, but they didn’t recognize him.
⁵ Jesus spoke to them: “Good morning! Did you catch anything for breakfast?”
They answered, “No.”
⁶ He said, “Throw the net off the right side of the boat and see what happens.”
They did what he said. All of a sudden there were so many fish in it, they weren’t strong enough to pull it in.
^7-9 Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Master!”
When Simon Peter realized that it was the Master, he threw on some clothes, for he was stripped for work, and dove into the sea. The other disciples came in by boat for they weren’t far from land, a hundred yards or so, pulling along the net full of fish. When they got out of the boat, they saw a fire laid, with fish and bread cooking on it.
^10-11 Jesus said, “Bring some of the fish you’ve just caught.” Simon Peter joined them and pulled the net to shore—153 big fish! And even with all those fish, the net didn’t rip.
¹² Jesus said, “Breakfast is ready.” Not one of the disciples dared ask, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Master.
^13-14 Jesus then took the bread and gave it to them. He did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus had shown himself alive to the disciples since being raised from the dead.