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.
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Ep 101 A Legacy of Audacious Generosity with Kevin White
Ep 100 A Legacy of Suffering Well with Joni Eareckson Tada
Ep 99 One Hundred Things I Learned From One Hundred Podcasts
Ep 98 Choose the Right Mindset with the Right Question with Lain Ehman
Ep 97 A Legacy of Telling the Whole Story of our Spiritual Life with Eric Nevins
Ep 96 A Legacy of Seeing God in Your Dailies with Kristi Woods
Ep 95 Legacy of Contentment, Part 3: Trusting God in the Dark
Ep 94 A Legacy to Encourage the Next Generation with Patsy Burnette
Ep 93 Legacy of Contentment: A Contented Woman Prays Expectantly
Ep 92 From Abuse to Bounty—A Legacy of Freedom with Elizabeth Oschwald
Ep 91 A Legacy of Contentment: 3 Good Ideas Why it's a Good Idea
Ep 90 Legacy of a Worthy Life with David Hegg
Ep 89 A Legacy of Mentoring: Coming Alongside for Our Good and Another's
Ep 88 The Legacy of Re-purposed Pain, with Melissa Moore
Ep 87 The Legacy of a Well-Loved Child of God: How He Loves Informs How I Live
Ep 86 The Life-Changing Legacy of a Dad's Letter To His Kids with Blake Brewer
Ep 85 Before They Leave Home: 10 Life Skills Beyond Laundry
Ep 84 A Legacy of Wisdom with Steve Burgason
Ep 83 A Legacy of Good Time Management From an Imperfect Time Manager
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