I'm Not Lonely Iron

I have friends. I know right? It's weird. How does that happen? I can tell you that I have been blessed with the ones I have. Blessed. My old friends, my friends that I've known since I can remember, those are the ones who are my brothers. The ones who have seen me struggle, the ones who have struggled with me, we are ones who saw how hard life was going to be, saw each other early on and decided we would fight through it together. That's one kind of friend God has given, but there are more.

There are mentors. Yes, my mentors are my friends. I have small group leaders, pastors, and most importantly, my dad. All of these are people who I would go hang out with just as soon as I would with any of my friends. These are the people who, though they didn't have to, saw me. They decided to take the time to invest in my life, to teach, laugh with, share and love. These are the people who would be unknown to me  without God. Their wisdom would be lost on me if God hadn't called them to share it with me. A relationship between two age groups is so awesome. God doesn't look at any of us as a certain age, He looks at all of us as His children, who should be one under Christ.

My favorite friendship to see God orchestrate is the ones that don't make sense. The ones that seem like trying to put two puzzle pieces together that are from different puzzle, but our God makes them fit. He uses one shared experience to make people feel like they've been friends forever. These are the ones I've seen made recently.A lot of the people that I now keep up with from camp, I barely talked to until the last days. What holds us together? God does. Because no matter what previous experience we had, when we as a group related our struggles to one another, when we as friends, entered the presence of God, we were bonded. Yeah, it sounds sappy, yeah I can't tell you a lot about some of these people, but it doesn't matter. These are my brothers, these are my sisters. These are the people who will be on my left and right in eternity around the throne. These are the ones I stay in contact with because that bond is there. All my friends, all of them are people God has chosen to surround me with. Because iron sharpens iron. Together we can be dangerous. We can struggle, live, confess, witness, love and die together. This is what Christian Community is, this is what God uses to advance His Kingdom.