Working Together

Working Together

Are your hearts tender and compassionate? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose.

“Sorry I’m late!” I said, breezing into the room. The women (and a handful of babies) who were already present looked up and waved off my apology with a smile. With three young daughters, it’s a challenge to make it to church on time—one daughter couldn’t find her tights, another ran from me each time I tried to comb her hair, while the third informed me as she was buckling her seat belt that she hadn’t eaten breakfast—so the other ladies are used to me arriving breathless and harried.

I started volunteering every other week in the church nursery a few years ago, and it’s one of the highlights of my weekend. My kids are out of the baby and toddler stage, and I miss those years of pudgy cheeks and drooly smiles. An hour every other week is the perfect way to get those baby snuggles I miss while giving their parents a break.

But as much as I enjoy the babies, I also look forward to my time with my fellow workers Brittany, Molly, and Jerian. There’s a special camaraderie among those who are volunteering their time for the benefit of others, a sense that working together with the same purpose is fostering community—not just among the four of us, but in the church as well.

Together, we’ve talked about parenting challenges, work, and daily life. Sometimes friendship can be brash and bold, but it can also be quiet and gently supportive, and that’s how these friendships feel. I appreciate the godly wisdom and encouragement each woman offers, even as she goes about the business of rocking a fussy child or feeding endless Cheerios to another. As friends, working together with a united purpose can help provide a commonality on which deeper friendship can be built.

— Kristin

— Today’s Act of Friendship —

Seek to foster a friendship with a coworker (or covolunteer).