Romans 12:13 Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality.
What does hospitality look like to you???? Are you hospitable???? Now, let me ask; do you practice Christian hospitality???? What's Christian hospitality and how does it differ from social entertaining?????
Entertaining focuses on the host. The home must be spotless, food must be prepared and in abundant. The host must appear relaxed and good natured.
Hospitality, by contrast, focuses on the guests' needs; such as a place to stay, nourishing food, a listening ear, or just acceptance. Hospitality can happen in a messy home. It can happen around a dinner table where the main dish is canned soup.
Don't hesitate to offer hospitality because you are too tired, too busy, or not wealthy enough to entertain. (This is from the commentary in my NLT Bible).
2 comments:
I love this! You are so blessed with the gift of hospitality! Thank you for sharing this encouragement. You are so right about the focus being on the guest, not the hostess. Our world has it SO backwards!
good words...
I really appreciate the part about the messy house...
its easy to come up with reasons WHY NOT to host something; this makes me re-think that list a bit
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