What is hospitality?
Websters defines hospitality as the generous and friendly treatment of friends and guests. I love the way that sounds. We should strive to be generous and friendly to all, but especially those visiting our home.
Inviting others into our home to visit or to share a meal is something that I think everyone should do. It’s also something that gets a low priority with our busy lives today. I have been trying to be more deliberate in inviting others to our home. Whether it’s family, our friends, or our kids friends. Whether it’s for a birthday party, a cook out, a holiday meal, or just to hang out.
The first step to practicing hospitality is to decide why you want to practice hospitality.
Do you want to use hospitality as a witnessing tool?
Want to get to know your neighbors better?
Want to see who your kids friends are?
Do play a game (chess, cards, etc.) or have a hobby you want to share with like minded friends?
Knowing why you want to practice hospitality will help define your how.
For example, if you want to get together with a few people to play a card game, that will determine your time, how you set up your house, and the food you will serve. If you want your kids friends to come over, then you will want to have your house, activities, and food kid or teen friendly.
Now you know what hospitality is. You’ve also had a chance to think about why you want to practice hospitality. In the coming weeks I’ll share more about how to practice hospitality in your home. Some of the things I’ll cover are getting your house ready, food, and more.
Is hospitality something you practice in your home? Or something you want to start doing? If you have any questions about hospitality ask them in the comments, and I will try to answer them in future posts.
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