Peter stayed in Joppa for many days, at the house of Simon the tanner.
The narrative of Acts 9:43 invites us to contemplate the simplicity of hospitality as a path of encounter with the sacred. Amid the daily life — a modest house, a common table, a working man — Peter's time becomes a time of revelation. The story does not seek human greatness, but the presence of God who operates through simple gestures: staying, sharing, listening. When we open our house, we open space for the grace that transforms, for the faith that finds voice in hospitality that welcomes the other as an image of Christ.
May this account remind us that the power of the gospel is not only in beautiful words, but in the willingness to follow Jesus wherever He calls us. If Peter, even as an apostle, can remain in the house of a tanner, then we too can welcome the different, receive the excluded, serve without ostentation. The daily practice of love begins in the living room, in shared food, in the sincerity of a simple invitation. And when we do this, we are led to recognize that we do not depend on position to be instruments of grace, but on the heart's disposition to obey Christ.
We close this devotional with encouragement: may your home unfold as an outpouring of compassion, where every visitor finds space to encounter the peace of Christ. May hospitality be a open door to faith, to the unfailing hope, and to the love that transforms lives. May the Lord strengthen your courage to serve today, persevere in the practice of good, and let the joy of seeing God act through the simplicity of a welcoming gesture flourish.