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Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. I Peter4:9
I like company. But lately I am tired of hosting. That's why I decided to look up the Scriptures on 'hospitality' and here we go. Very clearly Scripture says, Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
Barnes Notes on the Bible explains:
Without grudging - Greek, "without murmurs;" that is, without complaining of the hardship of doing it; of the time, and expense, and trouble required in doing it. The idea of grudging, in the common sense of that word - that is, of doing it unwillingly, or regretting the expense, and considering it as ill-bestowed, or as not producing an equivalent of any kind - is not exactly the idea here.
It is that we are to do it without murmuring or complaining. It greatly enhances the value of hospitality, that it be done on our part with entire cheerfulness. One of the duties involved in it is to make a guest happy; and this can be done in no other way than by showing him that he is welcome.
It is easier said than done - it looks like. What are your thoughts? Please share.
Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. I Peter4:9
I like company. But lately I am tired of hosting. That's why I decided to look up the Scriptures on 'hospitality' and here we go. Very clearly Scripture says, Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
Barnes Notes on the Bible explains:
Without grudging - Greek, "without murmurs;" that is, without complaining of the hardship of doing it; of the time, and expense, and trouble required in doing it. The idea of grudging, in the common sense of that word - that is, of doing it unwillingly, or regretting the expense, and considering it as ill-bestowed, or as not producing an equivalent of any kind - is not exactly the idea here.
It is that we are to do it without murmuring or complaining. It greatly enhances the value of hospitality, that it be done on our part with entire cheerfulness. One of the duties involved in it is to make a guest happy; and this can be done in no other way than by showing him that he is welcome.
It is easier said than done - it looks like. What are your thoughts? Please share.
what a great blog, my grandmother was a woman who was one that no matter who you were welcomed you into her home. She would have a smile and hot meal. She made it so easy. And I guess it was for her. I grew up with those qualities as I have welcomed wandering travelers for a hot meal and bed for the night. While it it hard sometimes , if you have the right frame of mind it is rewarding as well.