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hospitality for the soul

As an Asian American, I grew up experiencing love and hospitality through the opening of homes and the sharing of food. For me, a sense of love and belonging is deeply and culturally woven into home and sharing food/sustenance. The moments in Scripture  I found most inviting were those of Jesus’ hospitality, many of which happened to be around dwelling and food- 

• An invitation to the desire to be with: John 1:37-39 – At the beginning of His ministry, when Jesus asked the two disciples “What do you want?”, and they responded with “Where are you staying?” (a desire for being with), to which Jesus responds with the invitation “Come, and you will see”. 
• An eager longing for shared sustenance in the midst of suffering: Luke 22:14 – At the Last Supper, when  “he said to them, ‘I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.’”, where Jesus longed to be with his disciples before His final hours.
• The hospitality of provision: John 21:12 – After His resurrection, when the disciples were lost and grieving and had returned to their everyday ordinary lives as fishermen, Jesus appeared on the shore in the morning, supplied all they could not acquire on their own all throughout the night (fish), and said “Come and have breakfast”. 
• A promise of hospitality for now and the future: Revelation 3:20 – At the end of time, Jesus says, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”
• Hospitality extended and received: Luke 24 – The disciples unknowingly welcome the resurrected Jesus into their home (open in hospitality to Him) on the road to Emmaus, and Jesus breaks bread and offers hospitality to them, both physically and spiritually.  “Were not our hearts burning within us?”