Threes Company

This past week, we welcomed into our house 3 visitors from the states. Tim & Michelle from VA and my good friend Cara from OH (but she is living in Italy till December). The house is already full with 7 people living in it plus the neighbor who spends about 5 nights of the week here, not to mention the occasional drop-in of guests. So Mark & Brenda's house is always full. And I love it! Most people would probably freak out at the idea of having 10+ people in the house on any given night. It takes a lot of patience and energy to have this many people in one room at a time. But the laughter you hear around the house or the cheeky insults that fly are priceless. It makes you think about how we as humans are designed to be in each others company, in relationships. God created us this way. He is intertwined into a relationship with us. I guess for me being a people person, I value time spent with other people. I like to converse, laugh and share stories, do life together. Whether your a people person or not, we should all cling to at least one relationship because doing life alone is well, lonely. You don't have to go and have your house full of people all the time but you can treasure true time with someone spent over a cup of coffee, or a 4 am chat (that's good for the soul) or a long distance phone call. Take a risk and invite someone into your life. You may have just found the best friendship ever.