Comments on: A Little Help in the Kitchen http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:48:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: bean http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-215586 bean Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:25:43 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-215586 Ouch - thank you for the exhortation. Just what I needed. Ouch – thank you for the exhortation. Just what I needed.

]]> By: Katie Hurt http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-207077 Katie Hurt Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:41:03 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-207077 This is great Nancy. I would be right there with Martha myself. I am learning to be less prideful and ask for more help in my preparations rather than assume people can read my mind and know what help I need. Our hospitality preparations have become much more joyful as a result. This is great Nancy. I would be right there with Martha myself. I am learning to be less prideful and ask for more help in my preparations rather than assume people can read my mind and know what help I need. Our hospitality preparations have become much more joyful as a result.

]]> By: Jenn http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-206685 Jenn Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:53:58 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-206685 Thank you for sharing. I loved this post. How many times am I like Martha and thinking about ME rather than those I'm called to love and serve? Thank you for sharing. I loved this post. How many times am I like Martha and thinking about ME rather than those I’m called to love and serve?

]]> By: Erin H. http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-206511 Erin H. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:40:20 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-206511 Thank you so much! These are helpful ideas. Thank you so much! These are helpful ideas.

]]> By: Erin CT http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204913 Erin CT Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:24:53 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204913 Thanks, Mrs. Wilson, for sharing your insights on Martha and Mary. To Erin, who posted above; my family also lives quite some distance from church, on a little farm. One we did to be hospitable, especially in the summer, was to invite people from church to come stay with us for a couple days, and we would prepare some food ahead of time, prepare an RV to be the guest house, and we would take them on hikes, to the beach, or just let them play with the animals. That was a big undertaking, but it was a lot of fun, and all the kids in my family helped out in various ways. Another thing we did if we were invited to someone's house was to ask what we could bring, and bring a cooler full of food, such as home made bread, milk from the farm, a meat dish, potato salads, and we would offer to clean up. (That way our hostess wouldn't be so daunted by having a family of ten over for lunch or dinner.) Blessings. Thanks, Mrs. Wilson, for sharing your insights on Martha and Mary.

To Erin, who posted above; my family also lives quite some distance from church, on a little farm. One we did to be hospitable, especially in the summer, was to invite people from church to come stay with us for a couple days, and we would prepare some food ahead of time, prepare an RV to be the guest house, and we would take them on hikes, to the beach, or just let them play with the animals. That was a big undertaking, but it was a lot of fun, and all the kids in my family helped out in various ways. Another thing we did if we were invited to someone’s house was to ask what we could bring, and bring a cooler full of food, such as home made bread, milk from the farm, a meat dish, potato salads, and we would offer to clean up. (That way our hostess wouldn’t be so daunted by having a family of ten over for lunch or dinner.)

Blessings.

]]> By: Nancy Ann http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204847 Nancy Ann Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:27:25 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204847 Hi Erin, Yes, I have a couple of ideas. You can invite people who live close by, even if they don't attend your church. You can go ahead and invite people over from your church, even if it is a bit of a drive for them. They may not mind at all, especially if you suggest they come early and visit before dinner. Or you can ask a family if you can bring dinner to their house after church. Then you can prepare some things that you can carry in your car and serve it up to them at their table, or if it is nice weather, you can serve it up at a park. As an adult daughter, you can do much of the preparation and can act as a co-hostess. Hi Erin,
Yes, I have a couple of ideas. You can invite people who live close by, even if they don’t attend your church. You can go ahead and invite people over from your church, even if it is a bit of a drive for them. They may not mind at all, especially if you suggest they come early and visit before dinner. Or you can ask a family if you can bring dinner to their house after church. Then you can prepare some things that you can carry in your car and serve it up to them at their table, or if it is nice weather, you can serve it up at a park. As an adult daughter, you can do much of the preparation and can act as a co-hostess.

]]> By: Erin H. http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204824 Erin H. Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:52:41 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204824 My family lives quite a distance from church and so we don't often have people over (in fact, we are frequently on the receiving end). Do you have suggestions for how I as an adult-daughter-still-at-home can make opportunities to practice hospitality? My family lives quite a distance from church and so we don’t often have people over (in fact, we are frequently on the receiving end). Do you have suggestions for how I as an adult-daughter-still-at-home can make opportunities to practice hospitality?

]]> By: Luma http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204354 Luma Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:00:17 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204354 :-) :-)

]]> By: Brandi http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204229 Brandi Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:46:45 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204229 Thank you for this. Very beautiful. I am starting to really not mind doing the work, at least the cooking part, which is fun. The clean-up afterward is still a work of grace. Something tells me Martha had a lot more practice at hospitality than i have, and she still struggled. >>> One interesting thought for me is that part of the hospitality necessarily involves making the work disappear. No one enjoys himself if I'm a martyr, so it must be clear that I've enjoyed the process. And sometimes a little "Will you please carry out this trash?" to one of the single guys goes a long way to making them feel more at home, less like Company For Whom I Labored. Thank you for this. Very beautiful. I am starting to really not mind doing the work, at least the cooking part, which is fun. The clean-up afterward is still a work of grace. Something tells me Martha had a lot more practice at hospitality than i have, and she still struggled. >>>

One interesting thought for me is that part of the hospitality necessarily involves making the work disappear. No one enjoys himself if I’m a martyr, so it must be clear that I’ve enjoyed the process. And sometimes a little “Will you please carry out this trash?” to one of the single guys goes a long way to making them feel more at home, less like Company For Whom I Labored.

]]> By: Sheila http://www.feminagirls.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204223 Sheila Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:25:54 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2009/03/05/a-little-help-in-the-kitchen/#comment-204223 God's providence is amazing! I was so discouraged last night about a coming guest to our home and how it is effecting all of us differently. Your words are such an encouragement. Thank you for the reminder of this perfect lesson from Scripture. God’s providence is amazing! I was so discouraged last night about a coming guest to our home and how it is effecting all of us differently. Your words are such an encouragement. Thank you for the reminder of this perfect lesson from Scripture.

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