There’s a huge granite building in New York that is imposing with thick, black iron bars on the windows and immense black iron doors. It’s not the easiest place to get in and the architect designed it to give that very message: ‘Do Not Enter’. The building is the Federal Reserve and it holds much of the world’s gold; more than the fabled Fort Knox.
A few minutes away from the Federal ‘Do Not Enter’ Reserve Building the mood is completely different. Little Italy. On Mulberry Street, the fantastic Italian Restaurant Row of New York, you are enticed to enter. In fact, they have people on the sidewalks in front of their doors inviting you in…. ‘Please Enter’. Come in. Please, BE OUR GUEST. They have the welcome mat out!
I’ll hang around Little Italy before the Federal Reserve because there, at that row of restaurants, I get the message that I am welcomed. It is an energizing, lively, life- giving place.
We can all make an immense difference in the lives of others when we put out the signals that people are welcome into our lives.
Palm Sunday is ‘Welcome Mat’ Sunday. Here is the day when we make the choice to welcome Jesus into our lives and homes. Once welcomed in, His love and grace induces us to changed lives… Our hearts are turned from stone into love. And lively, energizing life happens.
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