The Family Table

The memories flood my mind when I think of yesterday;

My sisters and my brothers at our play,

The tree forts and the kites,

The baseballs and the bikes,

And doing all our chores the right way.

But when the day was done,

And inside we all had come,

The very best of memories was made--

'Round the family table, where the Word of God was read,

We learned of His salvation over beans and cornbread,

Each question was welcome there,

Each heart was shown God's love and care

When we all gathered 'round the family table.

I think back on the times I learned life's greatest things,

About how I could glorify our King.

The pulpit stirred my soul,

Pointed me to the goal,

As I worshipped God beside the redeemed.

But the truths I most remember

Were shared in ways so tender,

When each Sunday afternoon we'd all sing,

And 'round the family table, where the Word of God was read,

We learned of His salvation over beans and cornbread,

Each question was welcome there,

Each heart was shown God's love and care

When we all gathered 'round the family table.

And through the years I find 

That table still in mind 

With echoes coming back to me 

Of laughter and tears 

Of shared joys and fears

It was more to us than bread and meat,

We wanted to be 

Round the family table, where the Word of God was read,

We learned of His salvation over beans and cornbread,

Each question was welcome there,

Each heart was shown God's love and care

When we all gathered 'round the family table.