I like to tell younger ladies who may be daunted by the idea of having people visit in their homes on a regular basis: There’s a difference between hospitality and entertaining. One finds its focus on the respite of the guest; the other on the accomplishment of the host. The Bible teaches us to be hospitable: “Show hospitality to one another without grumbling,” (1 Peter 4:9) but it never requires of us to be impressive. In fact, Martha was told she was prioritizing unwisely for being the “hostesss with the mostest.” Why do I bring this up? Because there is so much joy to be had in being hospitable. And so many times we miss out on this joy by being overly concerned about the dusting we are behind on, or the time we might be giving up in order to make time to show hospitality. Then, we wonder why […]