WELCOME HEART: Living a Legacy Life
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
When God said, “Be hospitable” he added a caveat which could only be divine: “And while you’re at it, don’t be grumpy.” It’s easy to be grumpy because hospitality is work especially if you don’t think you are very good at it. Some people are really great hosts. We describe them as “good at entertaining.” But God didn’t say, “Be good entertainers.” There’s a difference. Seems to me that entertaining has more to do with me and hospitality has more to do with my guests
My friend told me that the hardest part of hospitality is trying too hard to impress with appearance and presentation instead of being genuinely warm and welcoming. Emphasizing these things can leave her feeling superficial and flat rather than warm, loving and satisfied. She said, "I have to remind myself that entertaining is not the same thing as hospitality. I need to slow down and take time to nurture relationships."
She's right. I need to remind myself of the same thing, especially when I end up running around at the last minute, barking orders at the family to help me finish whatever isn’t, and making a general mess of a kind and loving atmosphere - - all in the name of “making things nice for the company.
Mom was raised in the ungrace of no hospitality. But she wanted to help people know that they were a big deal to God by inviting them over for strawberry jello and baked chickens in the blue roaster on time-bake on Sundays. So she kept inviting and that’s how she broke that chain and raised all us Moore kids with grace enough to do the same only I don’t usually make jello and often I buy the pie. We all know how to make coffee. Thank you, Mom.
Karen Mains wrote: "True hospitality comes before pride. It has nothing to do with impressing people, but everything to do with making them feel welcome and wanted."
Some thoughts from today's episode:
There is no one more hospitable than God, and we are to be His welcome to the world.
Ep 221 Can You Change the Painful Legacy of Your Past? with Kristen Hallinan
Ep 220 Throwing Out the Anchor: Encouraging Moms with Pam Fields
Ep 219 How Food and the Table Helps Defeat Loneliness with Kendall Vanderslice
Ep 218 The Value and Joy of Coming Alongside Young Adults with Dianne Beck
Ep 217 Blindspots and Birdfeeders with Bible teacher, Comedienne, Amberly Neese
Ep 216 Reframing Our Suffering with Colleen Swindoll Thompson
Ep 215 How to Live On Mission in Your Neighborhood with Twyla Franz
Ep 214 A Legacy of the Sacredness of Work: How Your Job Matters for Eternity with Jordan Raynor
Ep 213 A Legacy of Coming Alongside with Authentic Hospitality with Alyssa Evans
Ep 212 A Legacy of Recalibrating Your Life with Jenny Abel
Ep 210 A Legacy of Simple Connecting in the Holidays with Carol Feil
Ep 209 A Legacy of Moving Mountains for the Marginalized with Kristen Welch
Ep 208 A Legacy of Normalizing Mental Health and Faith with Caris Snider
Ep 207 A Legacy of Surviving Abuse: Live Free, Be Bold with Jilliann Woods
Ep 206 A Legacy of a Full Cup of Joy, Part II
Ep 205 A Legacy to Retrain Our Minds with Mimika Cooney
Ep 204 A Legacy of a Simple Invitation, Part 2 with Sue Donaldson
Ep 203 A Legacy of Less Worry and More Peace with Keri Eichberger
Ep 202 A Legacy of an Accidental Homesteader with Kathi and Roger Lipp
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