tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post594480918441370101..comments2024-03-28T10:23:15.561-04:00Comments on Encouraging Deep Roots: HospitalityTerrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15813884721045918546noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-74888322232291115972008-04-23T14:08:00.000-04:002008-04-23T14:08:00.000-04:00Thank you Terri-that made me feel special and like...Thank you Terri-that made me feel special and like Im not always a running around like a crazy person. I am glad you enjoyed yourself. StephanieA Wonderful Life!https://www.blogger.com/profile/01761604297248881319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-17225018476650580662008-04-23T06:10:00.000-04:002008-04-23T06:10:00.000-04:00Thank you, Tina & Michelle. I do love the new bac...Thank you, Tina & Michelle. I do love the new background. It feels so pretty and springy! <BR/><BR/>Michelle, I emailed you and thank you for your encouraging words.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813884721045918546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-88748163779745242622008-04-22T22:42:00.000-04:002008-04-22T22:42:00.000-04:00Hey Terri, I love your new page. So cute! How did ...Hey Terri, I love your new page. So cute! How did you do that?<BR/><BR/>I am really enjoying all of your posts lately! I can always count on you to have something uplifting to brighten my day. THANKS!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10900994084687801757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-57378852233257711202008-04-22T17:21:00.000-04:002008-04-22T17:21:00.000-04:00Love your new floral background Terri! SO pretty!L...Love your new floral background Terri! SO pretty!<BR/><BR/>Love, Tina :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-22056214811618101892008-04-22T16:32:00.000-04:002008-04-22T16:32:00.000-04:00That sounds like you found a real blessing in this...That sounds like you found a real blessing in this woman, Mom. That is wonderful!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813884721045918546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-62154585695561412452008-04-22T16:11:00.000-04:002008-04-22T16:11:00.000-04:00Terri,You just hit the nail on the head! What is ...Terri,<BR/><BR/>You just hit the nail on the head! What is important is people and your relationship with them. When you can make someone feel like you were made to feel "comfortable and at peace" that is the whole secret to relationships...just being made to feel like your in your own home and you are just enjoying the company of another friend.<BR/><BR/>I have not experienced that in a long time until I started taking voice lessons. This person is a christian woman and she wanted her ministry of music to be one that honored God so when I came to take my lessons, she wanted us to discuss each week before the lesson "who we are in Christ", The twelve points from the "Bondage Breaker" by Neil Anderson. Well, in the process of doing that, we have begun to share who we are in Christ and as the weeks go by, we spend more and more time just sharing and my 1/2 hr. lesson today lasted for an hour and a half. This girl is half my age but she is such a blessing to me because I can be open with her and "just be myself"! Great Post!! Thanks for sharing that with us! LOL<BR/><BR/>MomDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16550009154135553864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-41616747568988374022008-04-22T10:57:00.000-04:002008-04-22T10:57:00.000-04:00Tina,That's exactly right. If I work so hard to h...Tina,<BR/><BR/>That's exactly right. If I work so hard to have a perfect home and I'm tense then it's going to be really hard for people to want to have us over. Especially, if they feel they have to compete!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813884721045918546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-23328727752842131772008-04-22T09:52:00.000-04:002008-04-22T09:52:00.000-04:00What a great post Terri. You're so right, it's no...What a great post Terri. You're so right, it's not about putting on a perfect performance, but just being 'real' and allowing people to feel relaxed and at home with us.<BR/><BR/>We all try too hard sometimes I think. We should be ourselves more and then others wouldn't feel like they have to have a perfect home when we visit them in return.<BR/><BR/>Life is so simple, yet we all complicate things so often...me included.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this Terri, you've blessed me today.<BR/><BR/>Love, Tina :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-6814435874876440622008-04-22T07:38:00.000-04:002008-04-22T07:38:00.000-04:00Poppy, if I'm ever in New Zealand, I will most cer...Poppy, if I'm ever in New Zealand, I will most certainly stop by. LOL!Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813884721045918546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-55139436892007722822008-04-22T07:37:00.000-04:002008-04-22T07:37:00.000-04:00Sharon, I love that book! I find that you can be ...Sharon, I love that book! I find that you can be hospitable, even when you're not home. Dan & I found that making people feel comfortable at church is a form of hospitality.Terrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813884721045918546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-38927609797346024302008-04-22T06:40:00.000-04:002008-04-22T06:40:00.000-04:00I get in such a flap about people coming over! Wha...I get in such a flap about people coming over! What will they think? Will they think I'm a bad housekeeper. Well, they'd be right! Some people just seem to have entertaining sorted and do it a lot. I guess it just takes practice, and maybe a few cookies in a tin and some pretty china. I am determined to be good at it one day! XXX<BR/>ps. would love to have you over, so consider this an invitation if you are ever over my way!Poppy Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288867028294659038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199834575705009097.post-75122896739297592372008-04-22T00:36:00.000-04:002008-04-22T00:36:00.000-04:00Terri,Thank you for such a wonderful post! I have...Terri,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for such a wonderful post! I have just been thinking of hospitality myself and was looking at my copy of the book Open Heart Open Home the other night. It is something I really want to work on! Hospitality is so important in the work of the church.<BR/><BR/>Blessings, <BR/><BR/>SharonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com