Hospitality "Revisited"

Our host and hostess during the last four days of our trip were so wonderful. Greg, our host, we met for the first time on Friday and by our parting on Monday morning, I felt that he had actually become a good friend. The hours we spent with them were rich with conversations about how God works in our world and lives, family, church, and moving. They made a huge move from the Seattle area to the midwest just last year. Though they probably do not realize it, the things that they shared with us about their recent move helped us navigate the complexities of our move. Greg also made the best coffee...."French Press" style. I also loved playing "hand and foot" with them in the evenings. We are so grateful to them for entertaining us. They are truly a huge blessing.

This picture is of three baby birds on the window sil at their house. They are longing for food. For a time, they will make their home precariously perched on a narrow ledge. They too are relying on the hopsitality of strangers. They too have to trust in another....and even many others to nurture them and provide for them. I wonder if trusting and not worrying comes easy to these birds. I wonder about my own ability to trust in the one who says: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them...So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today." Matthew 6:25, 26, 34.