Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay. 1 Peter 4:9
Hospitality is…”Opening your heart and home, and freely giving all that you have to generously and lovingly meet the needs of others. Hospitality promotes and welcomes others into a warm, inviting, friendly, environment where they feel loved and accepted.”
Kelli Gleeson in Practicing Hospitality: The Joy of Serving Others by Pat Ennis, Lisa Matlock (Wheaton: Crossway, 2007) 63.
My wife and I just finished planting some flowers in pots in front of our townhouse. We wanted to make our place warm and inviting. We had a neighbor couple over for dinner last night with whom we are developing a friendship. Part of generosity is loving people well from our hearts and our homes.
What about your heart and home? Would people say they feel loved and accepted by you? Is your home warm and inviting? Is there something you could do to make your place more welcoming? Do you have neighbors who may have needs? Or do you even know your neighbors?