Month: March 2007

I have a terrible case of Spring Fever, making it very hard to think about anything other than being outside. The temperatures here in our neck of the woods have been flirting with the 80’s all week.  I’ve enjoyed spending some time outside, walking about and checking on the orchard, my little citrus grove, etc. …

     Can you stand just one more definition?  I thought this one was great! Hospitable: 1. Receiving and entertaining strangers with kindness and without reward; disposed to treat guests with generous kindness; as a hospitable man. 2. Proceeding from or indicating kindness to guests; manifesting generosity; as a hospitable table. 3. Inviting to strangers; offering…

     Now that we understand what hospitality is, and are convinced that we should be actively involved in practicing hospitality, how do we do it?  I’ve already given you some ideas about the who, what, when and how in previous posts.  Go back and read those if you have not already done so, or to…

The series on hospitality will, Lord willing, return tomorrow.  Today was a beautiful, glorious extremely spring-like day in our little corner of the world.   Copper and I took full advantage of it, spending the day with our eldest grand child in honor of his recent birthday.  I’ll be sharing more about this soon in a…

     In spelling out for us some of the marks of a true Christian, Romans 12:13 says that we are to “contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality”.       Let’s define a couple of words here to help us get started.  As always, I’m relying on my Webster’s 1828 dictionary…

     But, you say, I cannot practice hospitality because…….and then the excuses begin.  God’s Word does not say show hospitality only under certain circumstances.  He does not say to meet the needs of the saints if, and only if, all of your ducks are all in a row.  He says, “contribute to the needs of…

I was visiting I’m an Organizing Junkie! yesterday and had a light bulb moment!!  She was showing her “beverage station” and in the post she had the cutest little box that held all of her tea bags, all sorted by type.  Hmmm………..in my Beverage Center I had all of the boxed teas stored in a…

1 Peter 4:9 – Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. My husband attended the monthly meeting of the men of our church earlier this week.  The topic of the evening’s teaching was hospitality.  My husband and I have enjoyed opening our home to others over the years.  In the past we have had folks…

Though they were a bit more than two months overdue, I finally finished my grandchildren’s matching outfits!  If you’re new to my blog, I’ll just catch you up by saying that not only did I bite off more than I could chew when it came to making Christmas presents this year, my husband also fell…

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to…