Messy, Confusing & Personal - Rich Hurst

Are you a good host or hostess? If you aren’t sure of that
answer, let me tell you how you can figure it out. Do people like
coming to your house? When you are hosting, is it a fun time had
by all?


 


Now let me tell you a secret. I have come to believe that there
is a direct inverse proportion between how much time you take
fussing to make everything perfect before people come over and
the degree of fun people have. How many of you felt at ease when
grandma pulled off the plastic covers from her treasured
meticulously upholstered furniture so you could “make yourself
comfortable”?


How about those decorative candles and embroidered hand towels in
the guest bath? Aren’t they charming? Years ago I read an article
telling people to go around and light all the candles in the
house and blow them out before people came. Who feels comfortable
seeing someone light a fresh new candle that’s been sitting as a
decoration for unknown months?


 


I have already made a category leap in this opening monologue.
Did you catch it? I started by asking if you were a good
host/hostess? Then what did I do? I switched to talking about
your home and details which can easily get our
attention-furniture, towels, candles. Let’s go backward.


 


What about you? Are you a person people want to hang with? Is
your hair done right? Do you wear nice clothes? What about you
draws people in and what about you give people a deep desire to
be lonely?


 


Today we have as a guest someone who is laughing because he
understands everything I have said so far as bizarre as my
thinking has been. I’m really not sure what he is an expert in.
He doesn’t have a ton of impressive degrees, the sales of his
books have fallen through the floor since his mother died, but
for some unknown reason, people like to be around him and even
listen to his wise advice.


Rich Hurst, Welcome to Church Hurts And.