Have you ever noticed how awkward and painful goodbyes can be? I moved last week, so I said a lot of goodbyes to a lot of people. Some of those people were close to me; some were mere acquaintances—but none of the goodbyes were easy. Leaving people, especially if you know you're never going to see them again, is such an odd experience.

God made people to be social, to live in communities; so we spend a lot of our time getting to know others and building relationships. We're always asking questions about people, getting to know them better, investing in them—from people as close to us as our family members to those as distant to us as the person we've just met sitting next to us on an airplane.

Then you have to say goodbye, and all that ...

Read More