This is Week 33 in the Grace in Everyday Relationships Series. The empty chair at the table has a way of speaking, even when no one says a word. It might be the absence of a loved one who died this year, a grandparent who used to pray over the meal, a child lost to miscarriage, a sibling estranged after deep hurt, or a spouse whose illness keeps them in a bed instead of at the gathering. Laughter feels thinner. Silence feels heavier. Everyone wonders how to act—and some secretly wonder where God is in all of this.​ Every family will face grief, loss, and suffering in some form. The…