Faces

As I drove to work today, I saw many familiar faces. The barista at the coffee shop. The man crossing the road to the University. The driver in the car next to me. The middle school crossing guard. I realized then that it is these faces that make my community. These and so many more. Not the town, not my job, not the organizations I'm involved in but the faces of those I know, those I surround myself with, those I love.

I experience God's undeniable love everyday through the people He has surrounded me with. People who laugh with me and cry with me. People who encourage me and support me, who challenge me to keep going when all I want is to run away. I realized this morning, along my all too familiar drive to work, that these faces are my community. And the greatest thing I can do for each of them is to share His undeniable love, His grace, His mercy. To forgive as He forgave and to give as He gave.