Just Like Southerners Hug

 

Do not neglect

   to show hospitality

        to strangers,

for thereby some have

entertained angels

                unawares.

             Hebrews 13. 2

God has placed 

    all manner of people

on our paths

  to love them tangibly.

Hospitality does not mean

  setting a beautiful table,

but inviting others

             to our table,

loving those we may not

              even know yet.

In Greek, hospitality

  is defined as love of strangers.

And entertainment

       is what that looks like,

   to receive a guest,

welcome them as someone special,

just as Southerners hug

  everyone within reach.

O LORD,

We pray that today

You would help us to

  entertain angels unawares,

willing to lean in,

step forward, put on the coffee,

set the table for conversation,

unlock the doors

     of our hearts,

and see what Your love

   can do in others' lives.

Help us to see strangers

   as others to love,

taking the initiative even to say,

    Hi, my name is______.

We may not know them,

   but You do.