 Southern hospitality is legendary but it is also very real. I have been blessed to have learned from the example of my mother, grandmothers and aunts. To properly host guests requires preparation and forethought. You want those that come in to feel comfortable and welcome. The space should be tidy. The floor swept. The table cloth should be fresh. Refreshment ready to serve.
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. 2 Kings 4:8-10 KJV 2 Kings tells us of a great lady. She could probably teach all of us a thing or two about hospitality. We don’t know her name, but her actions speak louder than any name. Elisha passed by her home on the way to Shunem. The Bible says she constrained thim to eat bread. The Hebrew word there is hazaq. It is the same word that is used for when the angels took ahold of Lot and his family bringing them out of Sodom. She had no intention of Elisha passing by without food and rest. This wasn’t a one time invitation, but the Bible tells us that any time he passed by he would stop in to eat with her. He had an open invitation.
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 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]. - Ephesians 6:12 KJV
Every morning we open our eyes and walk out onto a battlefield. The battlefield of our mind stretches before us. Battles will be fought there that will guide the course of our day and eventually our lives. Thoughts our mind entertains, moves to our hearts and then comes out through our actions. |
