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Sometimes, the most helpful thing is to go visit with someone.

Just to sit and listen to their stories or share life with them.

People enjoy having someone come by to see them, or maybe

do a small chore for them. They may not feel like they can ask

you to help, but if you notice while you are visiting, then you can

casually help them out. If you notice something bigger that needs

doing, you can plan to come back to take care of what is needed.

Start today—right now, even. Create a family tradition to make

something for someone or do a random act of kindness for

someone you know who needs to know they matter to someone

and that God hasn’t “forgotten” them. God’s gifts are meant to

be shared whether you have a large home or a small one and

whether you feel outgoing or not. Everyone lives in different

places and has different circumstances in their lives. You know

people I will never meet: hurting people who can be reached by

God only through your willingness to minister (to serve) God’s

love to them. Your way of showing hospitality will be different

than mine. Hospitality shows others how much you care about

them. It shows them that you want to give them your time to

prepare a place for them to feel at home—a place where they

can be themselves. It doesn’t matter if things are perfect, just

that they feel welcome and cared for. I would encourage you to

expand your ideas and look at hospitality in a new, fresh way.

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