“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’”
Matthew 25:35-36, 40
Aloha! That’s the word you hear all over Hawai’i. As my family and I are waiting for our flight back home, we are still hearing it at the airport. It’s supposed to make visitors feel welcomed and comforted. It made me realize that hotels, resorts, and vacation destinations make billions of dollars on hospitality, a precious service that all humans need but seldom experience. Many believe that hospitality is a practice only for a select few with the “gift” of hospitality and for people with nice homes. But we will discover this Sunday that hospitality is something Jesus expects from all of His followers and the host has just as much to benefit as the guest.
