The Answer to Anxiety is on the Table

When our entire family gathers in our home, I love to prepare everyone’s favorite dishes, even though I sometimes get anxious about doing a good job. Anxiety loses its grip when I pray. As the younger grandchildren arrive and stand on tiptoe to see what’s on the table, I take a deep breath and smile. In a familiar psalm, after describing God as the good Shepherd, David wrote about His heavenly Father’s table:  You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies … Psalm 23:5 ESV I often read this verse and picture myself standing on tiptoe…