Fifth Sunday of Easter

 

Today we hear the familiar story from John’s Gospel (John 14: 1-12) that assures us that in God’s house there are many dwelling places. Jesus assures us that om God’s house there are many dwelling places. In God’s house we all belong. There are many places in God’s house, and we all belong.

As I prayed this morning, the song Room at the Table by Carrie Newcomer kept coming to mind. The lyrics are:

Let our hearts not be hardened to those living on the margins
There is room at the table for everyone
This is where it all begins this is how we gather in
There is room at the table for everyone

Too long we have wandered burdened and undone
But there is room at the table for everyone
Let us sing the new world in this is how is all begins
There is room at the table for everyone

There is room for us all
And no gift is too small
There is room at the table for everyone
There's enough if we share
Come on pull up a chair
There is room at the table for everyone

No matter who you are no matter where you're from
There is room at the table for everyone
Here and now we can be the beloved community
There is room at the table for everyone

Songwriter: Carrie Ann Newcomer

This song has always had a profound impact on my heart. Jesus tells us that there is a place for everyone in God’s kingdom. Let us continue to have faith in the promise of Jesus that we will always be with God. God is love and all who live in God shall always be with God.