Friendship

I've heard it said that marriage is a great example of Christ's love for the church. I've been thinking about friendship a lot recently and wondering about how friendships lived out in the context of intentional community can do the same. I wonder how the community of believers would look differently if we sought out ways to love those around us in tangible/visible ways.

Friends mean a lot to me and I've done a lot of different things to let my friends know I care: traveling together, sending cards, flying across an ocean to surprise a friend for her wedding, sending valentines, babysitting, rearranging my schedule to make time with them a priority, celebrating life accomplishments together, standing streetside to cheer during a marathon....

I've had friends who've cared for me in incredible ways as well: flowers on my birthday, flying across an ocean to visit me and see my life in Romania, letters/cards of encouragement, speaking truth, holding me as I cry, cheering me on during difficult seasons...

I'm incredibly thankful for the friends God's placed in my life. In this season of transition, I find myself wondering who those friends might be in this new location. Who is God inviting me to see and love? Who might God bring along to do the same for me? I'm thankful for the gift of community and challenged to consider what God would have me do.

Furry Motors

Driving back from trying to test drive a car today, the large sign caught my eye. I did a double take and realized the sign actually said Fury Motors, but I'll forever think of it as Furry Motors. I wonder how many people have done the same thing...thought they knew what they saw and perhaps didn't take the time to do a second glance. I wonder how often that happens in life. We might think we know what's happening around us...in the life of a friend, why a student is late, why someone is pulled over on the freeway...if we stopped to take a second glance or ask a question, we might find we really had no idea.