I had a recent conversation with someone that was a surprise. They knew that I was a person of faith and I knew they were not. We've drifted in and out of each others lives over the past 20 years or so. Up until about a year ago it was mostly on social media.

However, I got a call last week that I was not expecting. They had a spiritual experience surrounding a health scare. Which changed everything for them. We shared books we were reading, how faith has impacted our lives, and the types of conversations you have in a moment like that. Here was the kicker, they said no one else in their family or friend group who could understand what they had gone through so while they were very excited about the growing relationship they were developing with their faith, they felt lonely.

I think that was a good reminder that we need to be the hands and feet for one another especially in those early stages when they haven't developed their own supportive community yet.