The gift of hospitality fails to appear in my bag of talents. My wife and my in-laws are wonderfully hospitable people. By hospitality I don’t mean the ability to set a table with matching china and damask table linens (whatever damask is), but the talent of making people feel welcome and comfortable in your presence.

Hebrews 13 reminds us to show hospitality to strangers, because some of those strangers might actually be angels.

I wonder about these angels. I assume the writer refers to heavenly beings. But I also believe that my lack of hospitality leads me to miss some wonderful people I don’t yet know – strangers – who may become friends.

Apparently, the Lord knows I need more angels around me because I meet an assortment of strangers everywhere I go. It’s up to me to show hospitality and discover who might be an angel not yet known.

Week nine of reading the Bible cover to cover