Hospitality

For lunch, our companion David knew a restaurant owner down
the street who was a Christian. His name was Michael. Full of the Spirit of Christ, he embraced each of us as brothers in the Lord. Over lunch, hearing his testimony of faith and love for the Lord, we learned a lot of what it was like for him to live outhis faith in this place. He loves
Bethlehem, the town of our savior’s birth. Michael shines the light of Christ to the people with whom he comes into contact. And he is painfully distressed with the difficult
relations between Israel and the people of the West Bank, longing for a way
toward peace. We prayed for Christ as prince of peace to work his peace here. And I thanked God for the delightful warmth and hospitality Michael showed, making strangers into friends.