It's not the size of my house, or what I have to offer that makes me a  good hostess. It is the size of my heart and how much of  Christ in me that I have to offer. That makes a good hostess.
Love As You Do
Lord why does it take so long for me to learn.
Lord why do I sometimes fear that if  reach out I'll get burned.
After all you said and done for me.
Why does it take so long for me to get free.
I long to open my arms wide and love as you do.
I believe all who love and obey you are my brothers and sisters too.
So if they are family. What is the matter with me.
Why am I afraid they wont like what they see.
If your in me and I'm in you.
Then what they see is good through and through.
If your in them and they're in you.
 Then I should love them as I love you.
I should love them as you do.
Company ?
Today is Thanksgiving. We invited some friends over for dinner. It was a great feast! We really enjoyed visiting with our friends. My husband and I have been married for about 12 years. In all of our 12 years we haven't invited people to dinner very often. Not his fault mine. We use to live in a school bus that my husband made into a beautiful motor home. Because it was small I didn't invite people to dinner.  We live for awhile in a little house on campus. Again my excuse was because it is so small I didn't invite people. We lived in a little house off campus and my excuse again was it's to small to have people over for dinner. Now we live in a trailer it is a little bigger and I have lived here at least a year or two and hadn't invited very many to dinner. Each place was a little bigger. Each time I told God if I had a bigger place I would invite people over more. I didn't. I don't think size was holding me back. So what was then? I love people. Today after my friends left I realized what held me back. I always felt to plain, common, or not good enough to expect anyone to come. I was afraid I wouldn't be fun, exciting or find anything to talk about. I could have invited people to all those places I lived at. My husband would have gone along with me inviting people to all our homes. It was definitely me who had the problem. This year I invited a couple to Thanksgiving dinner and a couple to come to dinner and a movie the saturday after Thanksgiving. I realize now these people aren't just friends but family, as we all are who love and accept Jesus. They love me and they don't care if  I live in a cracker box or a mansion, if  I'm plain or fancy.  That's part of what being part of the family of God is all about. Love and acceptance. I am thankful today for this lesson. Thank You Lord another fear bites the dust. I know it has opened up a new door for me. I have the feeling I will be having Company (family) over a lot in the future. Dinner, coffee and dessert, pop corn and a movie anyone? God bless you all and Happy Thanksgiving.
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother. Matthew 12:50 This is My commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. John 15:12  1 Corinthians 13 Describes how my friends (family) treat me which helped me get over fear of inviting company and it tells me how I should be.

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