Crowd

The buzzer sounds.  The crowd claps.  The game's over. 

Time to find your people.  Only... she's been sitting with her 2 people.  They're found.  So who else can she find?  In the crowd.  

The crowd pours onto the gym floor.  People finding people.  Smiling and talking to people.  Gathering children and connecting with people.  In the crowd.   

She doesn't know the people.  They're not her people.  No one helps them be her people.  She's lost in the crowd.

So, she hugs her two people, grabs her coat, and escapes the crowd.  As they go find more people.  In the crowd. 

God gave us people and crowds and connections.   He gave us a longing to be a people to be found.  One day, the buzzer will sound, the crowd will clap, and she'll leave her coat for a minute, and find more people.  In the crowd.