Angel's underwear

It's been such a nice week in Milton. The weather has been warm, the warmest March on record, they say. Blooming trees and flowers, lots of grass to mow....sneezing, nice.
Kate is safe, yet another week on DWTS....how does this happen? She had another meltdown, brought Jon into it somehow. Jake is still not connecting with the "high five"...misses it every time and then has this quizzical look like, what just happened?? Lots of high leg kicks, full body waxing, dramatic makeup, and skimpy outfits, and that's just the guys. Seriously, Aidan, who just stands there looking pretty was the one to go...awww, sad really. He was much better than Kate, but I have to say, I will be glad to see her one more week. I know, I know.....

Loved this from my reading this morning. I have been dealing with some major hospitality issues lately and it is heartbreaking to me that we are so unlike Jesus sometimes. I always remember in Sunday school as a little kid, this verse about entertaining "angels unaware".......of course we HAD to make it angel's underwear. Where did that go? When did the Christian nation we are suppose to be start this hate fest with anyone unlike us? Anyone different, who is in need? I am baffled really.

Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.
- Hebrews 13:1-3

I know that black is beautiful and white is beautiful. But the most beautiful color of all is black and white together.

We hate each other because we fear each other. We fear each other because we don't know each other. We don't know each other because we won't sit down at the table together.
- Rev. Ralph David Abernathy

Pour your Spirit into our hearts so that we might bear your welcome to all around us, that we might love our neighbors as ourselves and in so doing live out our love for you. We confess our own welcome is limited, that we tend to care for only those we like or who care for us. Challenge us, God, to love more and to welcome more. Amen.

A Covenant for Civility (Jim Wallis)