My hope and prayer is that my actions reflect God’s goodness to those who see me. I desire to represent God to those in my sphere of influence (even to those I interact with at the store, Starbucks, those I pass along in the street). I want them to see my face reflecting God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit by seeing the God-Head’s countenance on my face, in my smile, through my eyes. How do I do this? How can I know and reflect Jesus? John 1:1 tells us how, “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Jesus is the Word. Knowing Jesus is knowing the Word of God! How awesome is that! Like any relationships, it grows with time and intentionality. For example, when I first met my husband, we spent all our free time together, getting to know each other, our likes, dislikes, tendencies, mannerisms, personalities. As the years have passed, we have intentionally made time for one another, take interest in what the other values and deems important, and we have grown together. Lasting relationships, like marriage, take spending time together, take intentionality, takes commitment, takes love.