We Are Alone - Samuel 9:1-11 Pain / Promise: We are alone / Jesus welcomes us to the table

We can often feel as though we are alone. We are broken people, unlovable, outside the love and affections of others, our friends, family, and even God's love. We despair that we are on our own, attempting to make it through life without the love, support, and help of others. Yet in the church, in God's family, we are never alone. Rather we are invited to the table, that is, to God's table. We are adopted and made a member of God's family. While we were once enemies of God, afraid and hiding from him, we are forgiven, embraced, made at peace with God, and invited to a spot forever at his table, in his kingdom forever. In Mephibosheth's story, we see ourselves, and the love of the King, our heavenly father.