Be a Blessing : Don't Wonder How the World Will Change... Be The Change

Greetings! May your day/afternoon/evening be going wonderfully. I was  searching  by google an inspiring message to blog today  and came across  this gem. I hope it blesses each and everyone of you in some way and helps you to know  one way  you can bless  a neighbor/family member/c0-worker or even a stranger today while out an about. Hugs Loves and blessings  today and everyday. Today and everyday Be a Blessing instead of wondering how the world is going to change... Be The Change. XOXO God bless, Barb Gadway

Be a Blessing to Others

by shiela on 07/04/13 at 3:20 pm

http://thesouljah.com/be-a-blessing-to-others

Every day when we pray, we ask for something good to happen to our lives. We seek refuge and hope that someone will come to help lighten our burdens each day. Sometimes too we look around and see people suffering around us. We hope that someone who can help them would do something and make them less miserable. The truth is, the world can be a better place if everyone spoke less about how much the world needs to change for the better but instead did something about it.

No Need for Superpowers

We all say, “I wish I had superpowers; then I could change the world.”  But it doesn’t have to be that way. You don’t need to be bionic to help. Let’s say the superpower idea in the movies is a metaphor for your talents. We are all given a certain special trait, skill, or talent that we are really good at. This trait, talent, or skill will only have a purpose if we use it wisely to help others around us.

No Money to Help

Another excuse for not being able to help others is the idea that you can only help if you have money. Helping doesn’t always mean a huge sum of a donation to some charity. Look around you.  There is always an opportunity to help others if you just lift your hands and reach out to do so.

One Act of Kindness at a Time

You may not be able to heal those who are sick or give scholarships to orphans, but there is always something you can do.  I believe we are given chances to help others if we only open our eyes to recognize them. Just like a scene in the movie Bruce Almighty, God said, “We all can help with one act of kindness at a time.” Little actions become a habit, and it is contagious. So help an old lady across the street or open a door for someone when you get the chance and see how that makes you feel.

The Power of a Smile

Would you believe that a simple smile could be a great help or blessing to someone who badly needs it at that very moment?  People have learned to disguise their emotions and pretend that everything is fine even when it’s not. Many people are lonely, but they are afraid to reach out to others because of the fear of rejection. Offer a ready smile to people you meet. Trust me; somehow you will make someone out there happy even if it’s just for  a little while.

The Gift of Time

The best blessing you can be to someone is to be a friend who gives time to someone in trouble. Giving some time to listen to someone’s story or simply being there as a shoulder to cry on makes a whole lot of difference in someone else’s life. Imagine if you were not there?  It feels good to know you’ve comforted someone in need.

The Blessing Is You

A blessing is not just money or any material thing that people wish for. The best blessing is you sharing yourself with the world. Remember never to pass up a chance to help someone in need. No matter how simple the task is, every little act of kindness counts. And when other people see how doing good works for you, they will do the same. Imagine if all the people in the world did little acts of kindness to others. The world would be a better place for sure. So don’t pass up the chance to be a blessing to others today.

1 John 3:17-

But whoever has the world's goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Be a Blessing : Share Your Inner Child of Positive Thinking

Sometimes we don't realize the blessings we have until we no longer have them. Appreciate all the blessings in your life, take none for granted. Catherine Pulsifer 
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening !  May today and everyday and every minute of your day be blessed. As the above quote says   appreciate all the blessings in your life and share  with others... when someone we love dearly is having a down day... share a blessing  with them... brighten their heart and their day ... tell them how much they mean to you. Treat every spectacle  and experience in the day as if you were still a toddler just experiencing lifes daily happenings  for the first time.   Share that same  enthusiasm with  someone else .. Turn their frown upside down  and yours too :-) 

Life is not about receiving at all times; it is a combination of being thankful for what you have as blessings and sharing those blessings with others who need a little fraction of what you have.Catherine Pulsifer, Moms Wisdom 

Be thankful for the small  daily happenings  that occur in your life daily  even the smallest   thing to make you smile might  bless someone else... share it with someone   who seems down.   Share your inner childs  enthusiasm    with a family member/ co-worker/ neighbor/etc.  Share your lovely smile...one act of kindness towards another  is one act of kindness in  making the world  more positive one step at a time. Release your inner child  ... treat   everything   like your first time noticing  the beauty and wonder of the butterfly... and share it ... share it.. share it... Be a Blessing  Share Your Inner Child of Positive Thinking <3   Hugs  Loves and Blessings ,  XOXO  God bless , Barb Gadway

Psalm 97:11-12 - "Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name."(NIV)

Be a Blessing Look at the World as a Garden and Sow Seeds of Sunshine

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening  wherever you may be in this big beautiful glorious world. I hope and pray today is going just fantastically for you. Today and all days  I urge you to imagine this world  with so many beautiful colors  and designs  is your  own personal garden.. plant seeds of Sunshine  to each and every person you meet  to brighten their part of the garden  and encourage to plant their seeds of sunshine to others too. One by one the beautiful garden will beam  with smiles  and  positive thoughts and actions. You CAN make a difference in your life and others  by  sowing a seed of sunshine   in others with  your bright beautiful cheery smile. Go out there today and start   planting your  sunshine  garden.  You can make the little step  become   a worldwide event of sunshine. Begin the smile  garden chain today... be a Blessing... Look at the world as a garden and sow seeds of sunshine. :-) {{{{HUGS}}}} Loves and Blessings  XOXO God bless, Barb Gadway

Your smile is an inspiration to others!

A warm smile is the universal language of kindness."

~William Arthur Ward ~

Proverbs 15:30  A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones. (NIV)

Be a Blessing Lighten the Burdens of Another and Your Burden will be Lifted too

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.
― Charles Dickens

Bright Blessings dear ones ...  well today ... I woke up... and it seemed as if everything up on everything went wrong... Have you ever had one of those days .... and you almost feel like calling off work or just life itself...   get  yourself up... put on a smile..... give a short prayer to god to help you through the day... go out the door... and lighten someones burdens... and suddenly  something happens inside you too  while you are  lightening anothers burdens   so shall your burdens be lifted too and the backwards ... everything going wrong day.... suddenly  gets brighter  and starts  going the way its supposed too and even if its not   entirely going  well... atleast  you can tolerate it  better.   so today and everyday... Be a blessing  Lighten the  burden of another and you will also lighten yours too. :-) God bless you, Barb Gadway  XOXOX {{{{HUGS}}}}}

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.  ~Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojar

Never worry about numbers.  Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you.  ~Mother Teresa

Deuteronomy 15:11 For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land

Be a Blessing Thank You dears for over 1000 reads

Love   HUGS  and Blessings !!!!!!! You all are so wonderful  THANK YOU all so much for  all your  likes and reading my blogs. You have blessed me   with over 1000 reads. Words can not tell you how much your kindness and support for me   really truly means... this blog is dedicated to all you... you are the flowers  in my garden of friends. THANK YOU all so very very much!!!! I loves y'all bunches.... 

A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."
- Sent by Jasmine Fitzwilliam

"No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever." 
- Francois Mocuriac - Sent in by spiff

"Friendship that flows from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity, as the water that flows from the spring cannogt congeal in winter." 
- James Fenimore Cooper

I love you all dear dear friends   and I thank you humbly for your  gracious kindness in your awesome support  THANK YOU loves and hugs XOXOXOXO <3  God bless you all , Barb Gadway

John 15:13 NIV 
Greater Love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Be a Blessing: Start Today & Help the Homeless in Your Vicinity

Blessings today I am going to post something a wee bit different ... I am going to post    quotes    about helping others in hopes to bless you to begin today with helping the homeless.... start small... and build up to bigger and bigger ways of helping the homeless... check out the blog on making blessing bags to keep in your car to distribute   when you encounter the  homeless on the streets and in the neighborhood.http://www.helpinghandsforthehomeless.com/blog/2013/06/10/Blessing-Bags-.aspx Start today  and     help the homeless in your vicinity. It will bless your soul .  Enjoy the quotes and such  and I hope 1 inspires  you  to  start helping today . :-) Helping quotes demonstrate how reaching out to others in a way that serves them can bring joy and meaning into our lives. Discovering our own special way of helping or being ‘of service’ to others Serving others helps strengthen your creativity by providing low-risk avenues of self-expression while making a difference in the lives of others. The joy of giving, the joy of creating, and the joy of helping come from service. Salli Rasberry All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others. Danny Thomas Life to too short not to create, not to love, and not to lend a helping hand to our brothers and sisters. Eric Maisel   You have not lived a perfect day, even though you have earned your money, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. Ruth Smeltzer Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. John Wesley Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light. Norman B. Rice

Be a blessing Help Others Up But Let Them Grow too

Bright Blessing to all!!!!! Hope your day is beginning and going fantastically. :-) Todays Blessing lesson stems from a real life experience for me;....  We need to help people  everyday  but also if  what they need help with.. we have to   help them by  letting them handle the achievement themselves but be there  if they need our guidance.   How many of us  have had the experience   of enduring a sibling  that  didnt have to do what we had to do  because  they were favored by the parents... :-(  this is really sad and  not at all good for the  one that is the favorite ... how can that one  really in  just words grow up  if the parent  doesnt let them do so.   Sometimes the best kind of love and assistance is  loving them enough to let them do it... let them grow...  but if it ever gets to be too much for them... always be there  for them.  This can be a lesson to all of us who are parents  really... never favor  one over the other so much that the one can never do any wrong  and the  other seems never to do any right. As parents... we must be like our Father in heaven... we are always there  but    let   the child   try to do the task themself.  My personal reason for this  blog today is I am 1 of 2  children... I have a sibling 6 years older than me.... he was  coddled   so much he  does not know how to even use the stove to cook himself something.. As an adult... how can this help him and them especially if God forbid the parents pass on.... :-( Teach your children and others to love and treat others all the same be it siblings   or   their children... let them know when you see they arent  in a gentle manner of course. Out of respect  I take care of my parents and  now my sibling due to my parents  . Today I urge you and beg of you   Be a Blessing  by helping others to help themselves... help them grow ... strengthen their character ... their faith... just simply themselves  by letting them try ..........   And  let them know it may seem like your being tough in a way  but   its because you love them so much .. you want to see them  simply grow up enough that they fend for themselves in the real world  and other than relying on God to get them through the day ... they really don't have to rely on anyone else but themselves... THEY   CAN   DO    IT    :-)  woo hoo and let them know when they accomplish the task how proud you are of them.  God bless you all and much much love  MWAH...... <3  , Barb Gadway

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.
Richard M. DeVos 

Philippians 2:4 - 

do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.

Be a Blessing: Embrace Compassion and Share it

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” 
― Albert Einstein

Blessings!  I hope your day/afternoon/evening is just going beautifully. I hope it is bringing you joy... love.... and peace within yourself. Smile my dear ones  God loves you and so do I. <3 Dear Albert Einstein hit the nose right on the head so to speak.. we must each day free ourselves  by showing love and compassion to others... enjoy in the beauty of all people... all creatures.... great or small..... and nature itself... what a wonderful masterpiece of miracles nature is and how blessed we are to  have it given to us as a gift. Sometimes when the day isnt going according to plan.. go out side the pity me circle... get out and about or even in your own household... go up to another and bless them with the compassion of a kind word or simple gesture.. by embracing compassion and giving it to others ... you also bless yourself.. Feel the warmth within your soul and heart... Be a Blessing: Embrace Compassion  and share it . HUGS  LOVES and BLESSINGS...... XOXO  God bless, Barb Gadway <3

Proverbs 19:17

He who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, And He will repay him for his good deed.

May our daily choices be a reflection of our deepest values, and may we use our voices to speak for those who need us most, those who have no voice, those who have no choice.” 
― Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Vegan's Daily Companion: 365 Days of Inspiration for Cooking, Eating, and Living Compassionately

Be a Blessing Encourage your Beauty Within

Good day  and many Blessings ... May today be bright and filled with sunshine and happiness for each of you... To be a blessing to someone you must first look within yourself  and find your beauty of goodness... kindness... genuine love.  When you reach that beauty within it will  flow outward from you .. Too many people  look at what they assume is beauty  on the outside of the beauty... but  what really makes a person beautiful is their generous kind soul... true  honest  to goodness beauty is within each of us if we allow it to be. The most beautiful people in the world   will never win a beauty contest that  is worldly and  emphasizes on outward only... the most beautiful  will win the ultimate  contest so to speak because they radiate God's love to others... their contest will be won  in Heaven and their eternal reward . This is genuine  honest beauty.... Be a blessing  encourage your beauty within  and always show love to others. God bless, Barb Gadway  XOXOX  <3  Loves and Hugs 

“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.” 
― Markus Zusak, I am the Messenger
Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.” 
― Sophia Loren

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious

Song of Solomon 2:1 ESV / 

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

Be a Blessing Sprout... Grow.... Move forward

Two seeds lay side by side in the fertile soil. 



The first seed said, "I want to grow! I want to send my roots deep into the soil beneath me, and thrust my sprouts through the earth's crust above me ... I want to unfurl my tender buds like banners to announce the arrival of spring ... I want to feel the warmth of the sun on my face and the blessing of the morning dew on my petals!" 



And so she grew...


The second seed said, "Hmmmm. If I send my roots into the ground below, I don't know what I will encounter in the dark. If I push my way through the hard soil above me I may damage my delicate sprouts ... what if I let my buds open and a snail tries to eat them? And if I were to open my blossoms, a small child may pull me from the ground. No, it is much better for me to wait until it is safe." 



And so she waited...


A yard hen scratching around in the early spring ground for food found the waiting seed and promptly ate it
http://www.citehr.com/333369-short-story-power-positive-attitude.html

Bright Blessings all!  I wish you the top of the morning/afternoon/evening wherever you reside.The blessing lesson for today  don't be the second seed and not move forward... be like the first seed  sprout your positive attitude thoughts and actions... do little acts of kindness each day  and your positive self will grow and develop and encase your surrounding world  with smiles... happiness... positivity  and keep it moving forward... start small with one act of kindness each day and  then add more little by little.Little by little my dear friends  we CAN and WILL  erase the negative thoughts  from ourselves and others  with more positive ones.  Be a blessing  sprout... grow.... Move Forward  .  MWAH and much love to each and all of you. many many {{{{{HUGS}}}} God bless, Barb Gadway  <3

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.” 
― Lao Tzu

1 Peter 4:8 
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Be a Blessing: Respect Another's Differences

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.Every day's a perfect gift of time for us to use. Hours waiting to be filled in any way we choose. Each morning brings a quiet hope that rises with the sun. Each evening brings the sweet content that comes with work well done.Bright Blessings  for a wonderful day filled with happiness  for each of you. {{{{HUGS}}}}

Todays Blessing... Respect another's differences... this is a biggie for me... I see way too many on social media sites   that  don't agree with anothers opinion and they retaliate  verbally which winds causing hurt feelings in the  other person. The world is made up of so many different  remarkable people   love them for them.... you don't have to agree with them but respect them for being them just as you would like them to respect you for who you are.Differences  in todays blessing doesnt just mean race.. religion... or  political affiliation.. it also means their  beliefs  that make them... simply who they are. Even a couple going into a long term  relationship don't always  agree with each other 100% but they love and care for that persons  differences and respect  them for who they are  just as much as they do when the other party is in total  agreement with your beliefs and philosophies.Today I urge you all to Be a Blessing... respect another  who has differences than you treat them with love and kindness not in retaliation to try to prove your point. One step by one step by doing this we can make the social media sites a more positive experience for all and little by little it will influence the world and others to be  more positive too, R-E-S-P-E-C-T  6 letters that come together  to mean a BIG  thing for todays world  ... respect one another  even if they differ from you. God bless you, I love you all  Barb Gadway <3

How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.” 
― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Philippians 2:3 (KJV) Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 

Be a Blessing: Share the Love.. Be a positive Influence

Bright Blessings to all! Today I am  posting   some fave   quotes and  pictures on  people being a blessing to others.  I hope and pray one of these  quotes...etc.. will  warm your heart  and bless your soul. Please feel free to  share   and  use these quotes   in your daily life in  the  goal to bless one person atleast per day  . Enjoy the quotes my dear beloved friends. If you have any personal stories  or quotes etc.. on being a blessing   feel free to e-mail me at barbgadway@yahoo.com or barbgadway@live.com  and I will  put them in a blog   don't forget your name  so people will know  who  you are :-)   So today be a blessing Share the love by Being a Positive Influence.  Hugs loves and Blessings  XOXO God bless you all , Barb Gadway <3

“No act of kindness is too small. The gift of kindness may start as a small ripple that over time can turn into a tidal wave affecting the lives of many.”

Kevin Heath - Ceo More4kids
Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light.”

Norman B. Rice (born 1943);
Former Mayor Of Seattle, Washington
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.”

William Penn (1644-1718);
Founder Of Pennsylvania, United States

Proverbs 22:9 -Being Generous

He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor

John 15:12 - More about Love

"This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you

Luke 6:38 - Rewards for Giving

"Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, they will pour into your lap. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return."

Be a Blessing :Do to Others as you Would have Them do to you

Blessings and hugs! I send  much much love to each of you today and everyday. Today I encourage you to treat others as you would yourself. Perhaps like the story below.. your blessing  will reciprocate a blessing back to you when you really need one. Please read and share and encourage others with anything and everything that blesses your heart and soul on this blog and any of the others. be a Blessing today Do unto others as you would have them do to you. {{{{{HUGS}}}}  XOXO <3  God bless you each, Barb GadwayInspirational stories about kindness

A poor boy was selling goods from one door to another to pay for his studies. One day he found that he had only one dime left, and he was hungry. While approaching the next house, he decided to ask for a meal. But when a young woman has opened the door, he only dared to ask for a glass of water. She looked at him and understood, that probably the boy is hungry. So she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it and then asked, how much did he owe her. The woman replied: „You don‘t own me anything. Mother taught us never to accept pay for a kindness“. „Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart“, – he said and felt that now is stronger not only physically, but his faith in God has grown as well. The boy‘s name was Howard Kelly. Many year have passed. One day that woman became seriously ill. Local doctors could not help her, therefore they sent her to a big city, where her rare disease would be studied by specialists. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he entered her room in the hospital, he immediately recognized the woman, that showed kindness to him, when he was poor. The doctor was determined to do his best to help her recover from her disease. The stuggle was long, but together they managed to overcome her illness. After some time the woman received a bill for her treatment. She was worried that the amount to pay would be so significant, that it would take the rest of her life to pay for it. Finally, when the woman looked at the bill, she noticed words that were written on the side of the bill. The words were: „Paid in full with a glass of milk“.http://inspirationalstories.eu/inspirational_stories/inspirational_stories_about_kindness.php Luke 6:31 New International Version (NIV) 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. Wherever there is a human in need, there is an opportunity for kindness and to make a difference. Kevin Heath Ceo More4kids

Be a Blessing: Show Hospitality to Others

Greetings!  I hope and pray that your day is truly beginning beautifully. Todays words of encouragement  show Hospitality to others. So often in todays world  it seems like simple acts of hospitality went out with the dinosaurs {so to speak}  Hospitality is something we should  practice daily. Treat everyone  regardless of color, religion, political affiliation as if they were your  immediate family... as if they live in your same house or apartment. Showing Hospitality is one of the purest forms  I believe of a way to show unconditional love.  here is a gem i found on google search   on ways you can show Hospitality outside the box  . Enjoy and feel free to get out there and show  Hospitality to others in the ways listed or add some of your own... there is never a wrong  way in showing kindness to others.

40+ "Unconventional" Ways of Showing Hospitality

• Host a ladies' Bible study in your home
• Invite friends over for ice cream in your front/back porch, and ask them all to bring their favorite topping
• Host a potluck meal at a local park with several other families
• Take a meal to someone in need (illness, new baby, recent move, loss of a loved one, etc.)
• Invite someone out to eat at a restaurant
• Have a friend and her child(ren) over for a playdate
• Invite a friend to go strawberry/blueberry/apple picking with you
• Invite a visiting pastor/missionary to your church to stay at your home overnight
• Have some friends over for popcorn and a movie
• Invite another family over to make s'mores in the back yard
• Have some girlfriends over for dessert
• Have another couple over to play board/card games after your kids are in bed
• Offer to keep a friend's children for her while she runs some errands
• Invite your church small group to meet in your home
• Have a "cook off" or "bake off" with a little friendly competition where your friends all bring their favorite chili or pizza or cake or... anything, really!
• Host a morning coffee group for other young moms
• In the holiday season, invite friends to come over and work on projects together (gift wrapping, addressing cards) while listening to Christmas music and drinking hot chocolate/cider
• Invite a college student or single adult from your church over for lunch after Sunday services
• Contact the foreign exchange student organization at your local college/university for a list of international students you might invite to your home for a meal
• Include widows in your family's holiday celebrations and everyday life
• Encourage your older children's friends to come over and/or spend the night
• Host a bridal/baby shower at your church or in your home
• Take a basket of breakfast and/or healthy snack foods to a friend who recently had a baby
• Have a group of teenagers from your church (and their un-churched friends) over for snacks/games
• Allow your home to be used for small church gatherings (new member classes, leadership dinners, etc.)
• As your kids get older and if you choose to homeschool, allow clubs (yearbook, chess club, newspaper) to meet in your home
• Invite your neighbors over for a potluck "block party"
• Host family birthday celebrations in your home instead of at a restaurant
• Take a meal to a shut-in or elderly friend (or even a few pieces of sliced watermelon)
• Participate in the hospitality ministry of your local church: greeting visitors, serving coffee or breakfast before services, writing notes to visitors, caring for the needs of the body, decorating the church, etc.
• Be welcoming to overnight guests and make their stay comfortable
• Invite new friends to join your family in specific holiday traditions: attending parades, watching fireworks, hunting for Easter eggs, decorating the Christmas tree, going caroling, etc.
• Host a cookie or soup exchange in the late fall
• Invite people to join you on a hike and a picnic
• Mail homemade goodies to a college student away at school
• Send breakfast foods (muffins, etc.) or desserts (cookies, etc.) to work with your husband to share with his coworkers
• Invite a friend over for a walk in your neighborhood
• Share part of your garden with a friend who doesn't have the space to have a garden of her own
• Prepare cookies, ornaments, cards, and/or small gifts for the residents of a nursing home, then deliver the cards/gifts personally
• After moving into a new house, host an open house so friends can stop by for cookies and lemonade and see your new home

Pray about how God might use your hands and your home in showing biblical hospitality!  Pray that He gives you creativity and intentionality to make it happen!http://www.feathersinournest.com/2013/04/hospitality-outside-box.html
So today and all days  be a Blessing  Show Hospitality to Others .God Bless  Loves and many Hugs  , Barb Gadway XOXO <3

Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by dividing lines.” 
― Henri J.M. Nouwen, Reaching Out

1 Peter 4:9 - 

Be hospitable to one another without complaint.