Dinner With Jesus

Tonight was a very special night of celebration and affirmation.
A few months ago, a friend at church said that her family would like to do something special for the Celebrate Recovery leaders. It took some time to get a date that would work, but we set it for today, Friday, January 25, and she asked me to give her the names of the leaders.

A few weeks ago, we received a letter in the mail, an invitation to come and have dinner with Jesus. I was asked by many of the leaders what it was about, but I did not know any more than they did.

I can't tell you how special we felt from the moment we walked into the fellowship hall building. The lights were dim and the foyer was decorated with candles and crosses.  (all the pictures are bad, but I wanted to share them so that you could at least get the idea of how special everything was)

This is the sign on the table.

After a few moments, we were escorted into the fellowship hall, which was beautiful. If you are reading this and you attend Cottonwood, you know it takes a lot of work to dress up that room. Here we are getting ready for our meal.

And here are our hosts, Amy and Bryant Goldsmith and their sons Blake and Cade. I have to apologize for this picture. I took it with the zoom on my phone from too far away and it is really blurry. They really do not look like faceless aliens. They are  beautiful people.

They served us a wonderful 6 course meal while we watched a move, Perfect Stranger, about a woman who received a mysterious invitation to have dinner with Jesus.

The move was excellent, the food wonderful, being served was a delight. But, just feeling loved and affirmed by this family was truly priceless.
Thank you Goldsmith family, you really loved us well.