Hospitality

Someone who shines in the area of hospitality may be first to introduce themselves to you at a gathering. You feel genuinely cared for and comfortable in their presence. They naturally draw others into their lives with a grace that speaks volumes to who they are.

If you would rather be sitting for a root canal instead of hosting the holiday dinner, you may have already decided hospitality is simply not your thing. 

But I am here today to invite you to a different kind of hospitality. Together we will explore what it means to practice hospitality and what is is not. 

 In ten years of coaching, I have found this is an area many, many women struggle to overcome. 

 The excuses are many; The house is messy, I can’t cook, my kids are loud, it’s expensive, I don’t have enough chairs, my dishes don’t match and the list goes on. Today, when we add Instagram and Pinterest to the mix and it’s no wonder we struggle to know what and how we can savor hospitality. 

In their minds they see Instagram and Pinterest perfection and know deep inside they simply cannot pull it together. 

We are the lost children of God and we need to come back home.  And so that comes to the table is for everybody…it’s for those that are uncouth, it’s for the thieves, the liars, the doubters, the sinnersIt’s about our talents. About using them and not burying them. The song “come to the table” kept coming to my head all evening. I wrote about the Last Supper.
I want to be at the table and commune with Christ. I don’t want to be left here holding a bag of coins.

Thank you for reminding each of us that we can join the table of sinners who have been redeemed. God bless you each.

We all start on the outside looking in. 

But yet we are asked to join the table, join the sinners, beside the Savior. sit down and be set free. There is no one unwelcome here. 

You don’t need to be perfect. Your life can be messy. 

It. 

Is. 

OK. 

Let mercy draw you near.

 We are all invited to be set free, we are welcome.   all who have failed and are forgiven.  Mark 2 :16-17

“Hospitality involves more than the domesticated event we have grown accustomed to practicing. It is an embodiment of all the Christian life stands for: a gesture of love, opening up our hearts and lives, and sacrificing luxury and security for the chance to display God’s glory. To receive hospitality from others is an invitation to receive God’s transformative power to work in their lives.” — Unknown. 

May you be filled and blessed to overflowing as you live a life of welcome… and invite others in. 

Blessings-