Earlier I was contemplating all the help I received from a friend in 2012 for making some home improvements. \u00a0I began literally getting my house in order before his arrival, moving furniture to accomodate two, planting a privacy hedge and creating new outdoor sitting areas. \u00a0While here, he repaired my back porch, replaced siding and reorganized the kitchen and pantry. He motivated me to tile my kitchen and bathrooms and replace the front porch light, jobs I\u2019d put off for years. \u00a0It was like I didn\u2019t mind living with it that way for myself, but I wanted something better for a guest. \u00a0I can be fairly oblivious sometimes, so focused on some project and not notice nor care that I \u00a0never tiled the kitchen floor after pulling up the old vinyl years ago. \u00a0But as I began to prepare to share space\u00a0with a beloved guest, I saw my humble abode through their eyes and I wanted more for them. \u00a0I wanted things to be fresh and new and complete to delight the senses. Whatever we do for anyone, we do for The Beloved, The Guest, for God. We want to please all sorts of people as excuses for wanting to delight God, to please The Beloved, who comes disguised in as many forms at as many times as we allow. So as I reflect on having spent 2012\u00a0getting my house in order, I thank and bless the one who helped me do that. Now I can\u2019t help but wonder what I was getting it in order for and in what form The Guest will appear next.<\/p>\n
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