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'Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.' 1 Peter 4:9
Mother Teresa of Calcutta said this: 'I think the world today is upside down and is suffering so much because there is so very little love in the homes and in family life. We have no time for our children, we have no time for each other; there is no time to enjoy each other ... Love begins at home; love lives in homes, and that is why there is so much unhappiness in the world today.
If we listen to Jesus He will tell us what He said before: "Love one another, as I have loved you."... If we are to bring that love into life again, we have to begin at home'. If we don't have time for the people God has chosen to be closest to us, we'll never have time for strangers. And that is where we should be heading in our journey: 'be hospitable ... with brotherly affection for ... unknown guests ... foreigners, the poor, and all others' (1 Pet. 4:9 AMP).
If we treat our own mum like an unknown guest in our lives, what hope is there for the poor? Let's put the world the right side up, starting in our own homes. Pray for opportunities to serve your parents. Ask God to help you see your annoying little brother through his eyes. Go out on a limb to make your sister's friends welcome. Imagine everyone that steps foot in your house is Jesus and seek to make Him feel at home.
written by Bob Gass
'Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.' 1 Peter 4:9
Mother Teresa of Calcutta said this: 'I think the world today is upside down and is suffering so much because there is so very little love in the homes and in family life. We have no time for our children, we have no time for each other; there is no time to enjoy each other ... Love begins at home; love lives in homes, and that is why there is so much unhappiness in the world today.
If we listen to Jesus He will tell us what He said before: "Love one another, as I have loved you."... If we are to bring that love into life again, we have to begin at home'. If we don't have time for the people God has chosen to be closest to us, we'll never have time for strangers. And that is where we should be heading in our journey: 'be hospitable ... with brotherly affection for ... unknown guests ... foreigners, the poor, and all others' (1 Pet. 4:9 AMP).
If we treat our own mum like an unknown guest in our lives, what hope is there for the poor? Let's put the world the right side up, starting in our own homes. Pray for opportunities to serve your parents. Ask God to help you see your annoying little brother through his eyes. Go out on a limb to make your sister's friends welcome. Imagine everyone that steps foot in your house is Jesus and seek to make Him feel at home.
written by Bob Gass
