I have thrown many a dinner party in my day. Part of my supervised ministry setting in seminary was creating liturgy around elaborate meals that folks traveled to the retreat center to have.
But the best dinner parties were the messy ones. The ones with kids running around. People passing platters around cramped tables and laughter echoing everywhere.
I found that when I would get caught up in making everything perfect, it rarely was. I may have all of the details, but I would often get caught up there instead of being a gracious host. One who treated people with love and hospitality.'
Sometimes we can live our daily lives like this, can we not? We can get so caught up in the details that we cease being a gracious host. Either to other people put along our path to love or even to Jesus, being a gracious host for the Spirit dwelling in our hearts.
We need to set aside what perfection looks like and instead embrace what it actually means to love in the messes of life. To love others. To love Jesus. And to love like Jesus.
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