"Enlarge the place of you tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes" ~Is 54:2~

But Lord, I am just one person, and I have many of my own to take care of, and great responsibility....excuses I use. But God wants my home to be enlarged, to stretch out the curtains of my dwelling to take care of others, to make my home the place that little children feel welcome, and adults feel safe to kick up their feet, be themselves, have peace, and still be loved for who they are. This passage of scripture is entitled in my Bible: A Perpetual Covenant of Peace. Perpetual, on-going. Covenant, promise. Peace, priceless. Not just for me, and my children, but for all whose life I can touch, all those around me. I can be grafted family for others in need. I can love beyond my own. I don't have to worry that my resources should be hoarded up for my own...God calls me to share all I have with the poor, and the poor in spirit, trusting Him to fill my mill barrel-as I serve Him by serving others, it will never run dry. I have received so much from Him, and from others around me. Lord knows, so many times I have needed someone to just take me in, graft me in as family, take care of me even just for an evening, share the peace in their life for a day that it may cover me, so that I could draw strength to face my own life just one more day....now it's my turn to give. I can be that well for someone else to draw from. Lord, fill me that I may overflow to others in great need. Lengthen my cords, strengthen my stakes.