{"id":58717,"date":"2021-12-23T21:11:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T03:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=58717"},"modified":"2021-12-30T18:21:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T00:21:14","slug":"come-to-the-feast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/23\/come-to-the-feast\/","title":{"rendered":"Come to the Feast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My four-year-old is a fantastic party-thrower. \u00a0When inspiration strikes her heart, coasters become plates, napkins unfurl to cover a coffee table, and piles of play food appear in various containers which may or may not have been originally intended for food. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58718 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Coffee-Table-Napkins-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" 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she\u2019s run out of available babies (aka \u201cdolls\u201d) and stuffies (aka \u201cstuffed animals\u201d), she goes even further afield: she invites Mom and Dad\u2026and <em>maybe<\/em> her baby brother (aka Godzilla). <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58719 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stuffies-at-the-Party-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stuffies-at-the-Party-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stuffies-at-the-Party-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stuffies-at-the-Party-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stuffies-at-the-Party-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stuffies-at-the-Party-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, 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Tupperware, and is prepared with a similar, unbridled joy.\u00a0 But in the parable\u2014the guests aren\u2019t as gracious.\u00a0 They <em>are <\/em>too busy, think it\u2019s too late, or have too <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58721 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Invitation-to-the-Party-Fesat-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Invitation-to-the-Party-Fesat-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Invitation-to-the-Party-Fesat-320x400.jpg 320w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Invitation-to-the-Party-Fesat.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>many excuses not to step out of their cornered, claustrophobic worlds.\u00a0 They choose\u00a0<em>not<\/em> \u00a0to enter into the joyful delight which is the invitation of the Living God.\u00a0 And so the master announces to the servant: \u201cGo out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full\u201d (Luke 14:23).<\/p>\n<p>We are a hair\u2019s breadth away from being those same, ungracious guests every time we are tempted to ignore kindness, joy, and creative love calling us to the feast.\u00a0 Maybe we can only stay for a few moments\u2014maybe we need to promise to leave the set-up for the morning so play can begin again.\u00a0 But, taking those moments to be in relationship with a little one who loves us, reminds us that we are designed for love.\u00a0 We are the little ones of God, after all\u2014and how God\u2019s heart must hurt when we ignore the invitation to the feast.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a reason that the one seated at the table turns to Jesus and says: \u201cBlessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God\u201d (Luke 14:15).<\/p>\n<p>May you have a blessed Christmas season, and a much-needed 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She edits the blog, Pray Tell.","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/author\/kharmon\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Coffee-Table-Napkins-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58723,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58717\/revisions\/58723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}