Brothers and Sisters in Christ

I have heard many times that in our walk with God, we should be led by someone we trust, and leading someone who trusts in us. I knew what they meant, but I never understood what it meant to some one's soul to do something like that. I have many, many people who help me and guide me in my walk with Christ, but I have never really led anyone else. I always felt bad, but I'm a new believer myself, so I just figured I wasn't mature enough to do that.

However, now I believe I have a mentee! She goes to my church, and over the summer we've gotten to be really good friends. It's a different kind of mentor/mentee relationship, though. She's had a way better relationship with God than me throughout her life, so actually she's still like my mentor. However, she's six years younger than me and just now entering high school. So even though she helps me know God personally, I help her with living out her faith in things like high school and practices and whatnot since I've already lived through it.

High school is scary! And sometimes, being outgoing about your faith can be ten times scarier. People will judge you and make fun of you - and that can really get to a fourteen year old girl (heck, it stills gets to this nineteen year old girl). But, she is an amazing kid and I can't wait to see what God has in store for her!

I'm an only child, and my whole life - all I ever wanted - was a brother or sister. I didn't care about the sex, older or younger, adopted or biologically related even. Just ask my mom: pretty much all I ever asked for when my birthday and Christmas came around was a brother or sister. Now that I'm nineteen, the hope of getting a sibling is dwindling (I still ask though, teehee). But, I still have hope!

However, now I just pray that I can have whatever the next best thing might be. I think this is the next best thing. Sure, we didn't grow up together or even share the same family. We didn't fight and make up, or have to share each other's clothes, or have a lifetime of memories together. But there is something that she and I share that my friends and I don't have. I don't know what that is yet - maybe I'll never know.

For years, my friends have been my siblings. Unfortunately for me, they have siblings of their own and don't want any more - so I'm just a friend to them. Which is totally fine by me! I'm perfectly happy with that. And since we're the same age, we have the same maturity level...for the most part. We're able to share all those awesome and fun times together and lean on each other when we're down. We can relate to each other in what we're going through because we're all going through it at the same time.

But my freshie friend is six years younger! At this stage in life, that's a pretty big maturity difference, although she is very mature for her age. She can't understand what I'm going through, but I've been where she's been. She can help me know God, and I can help her know people (and all the stupid naive people she'll have to deal with).

I pray that God can help me guide her properly and that we can grow as sisters in Christ together! I'm so happy to have found a relationship such as this - I hope all of you find something similar someday. It's never too late (or too early)!

God Bless!
ChristianKid