The Edge of Town
Where we look out for one another.
Here at the edge of town, where few travel, I can feel alone. Yet I have neighbors.
Last night came a visitor, in need of aid. He knocked on my door. Why mine, not another’s? After the snowstorm, I had cleared a path from the road to my door.
My neighbors had not.
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I had no idea what felt simply fastidious would turn into a welcome.
Let my life be a welcome, Lord.
– from the mountain
Consider:
Can I create welcome everywhere I go?
Reading:
“Let my life be a small light for those who need it.”
— Rabindranath Tagore
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“Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend.”
— Henri J. M. Nouwen
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“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
— Hebrews 13:2 (KJV)
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