Hospitality

"Show hospitality to one another without grumbling."~1 Peter 4:9 (NKJV)

Usually when unexpected visitors come to my house and need food, they are met with a dilemma: Do I graciously accept the stale piece of bread and glass of water or do I politely refuse and risk starving?

Too often, there is nothing already prepared when you walk into my house and generally, there's not even any leftovers or stuff to make sandwiches. Unless you count mayo only as a sandwich or mold as a leftover.

I'm not exactly sure why that is, other than that I cannot seem to get my act together.

However, tonight is a positive story. I'm not here to delve into a psychological explanation of the workings (or rather misworkings) of my brain.

Tonight, my husband and I cooked dinner. Team effort! We made this delicious White Cheddar and Asparagus soup from our local Fruit Market. We added Italian cheese, parmesan cheese, sour cream, and chicken strips to it. My husband came up with the INGENIOUS idea of topping it off with Cheez-its. (I could write an entire blog entitled "Ode to Cheez-its," but I'll try to refrain.)

My husband fixed two bowls of the delectable dish and we settled onto the loveseat to partake. (This time, thankfully, without the major distraction of having my toe gnawed on.)

Then, the phone rang. My sister and father-in-law were at the front door and we hadn't heard them knock (now that we spend all of our time in our "bedroom suite" where the TV and loveseat are currently dwelling).

They had come to pick up a couple of things, but my sister also had low blood sugar, so she requested something to eat (very brave of her).

I was absolutely THRILLED to present both of them with our amazing soup!

Eating the soup warmed my body, but serving our soup to two unexpected guests warmed my heart.

"It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared."~Whitney M. Young, Jr.

{Special thanks to http://www.biblegateway.com/ and http://www.thinkexist.com/ }