The Faith of my Friends

Today’s Reflection

At the funeral, people said. . . “Tom, you know your faith will get you through this.” He stopped for a moment, looked at me, and then said, “Roberta, it was not my faith that got me through it. It was the faith of my friends.”

—Roberta C. Bondi, Wild Things: Poems of Grief and Love, Loss and Gratitude (Upper Room Books, 2014)

Today’s Question

When have your friends helped you have faith?

Today’s Scripture

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.—Hebrews 11:1 (NRSV)

Prayer for the Week

Creator God, as you draw us closer to you, draw us closer to each other. Amen.