While we recognize the cultural impact of the Harry Potter stories, today we explore something even more real and sacred: The Favor of Presence—the divine gift of having people who don’t just show up for your celebrations, but who stay for your sorrow. In life, there are moments when the pain feels unbearable, the weight too heavy, the grief too deep. Yet in those seasons, God often sends a special kind of favor—not in the form of solutions, but in the form of people.