Their are many things that bring you closer to Christ things like, going to church, reading your bible, or listening to Hillsong United's new album on your way to dinner. These are a few things that make me feel connected and loved by Christ. Going to church and hearing God's word is a huge deal, I love being in my churches atmosphere because everyone is so happy, loving, and encouraging in so many ways. If I am ever having a bad day and I go to my church their is no doubt that I won't leave there a lot less stressed and with a big smile on my face. Surrounding myself with Godly people is such an important role in life. Their will always be those girls in your Math class that keep peer pressuring you to go to that one party saying that "it's going to be a lot of fun" or that "there's going to be so many people there". In times like these it is who you turn to for advice when reality and real life kicks in and you need some serious advice on what to do in these situations to form the RIGHT decision and how to steer clear of what you and I know is not going to help you grow stronger as a Christian.
One thing that continues to bring me closer to Christ every day is, my friends.
Man, do I have some amazing friends. I am going to brag about one of my best friends real quick.
Baylee, my friend, who has lead me closer to the Cross, motivated me, pushed me, and still continues to strengthen me each and every day is someone God has completely blessed my life with. God has given me such a loving, fearful friend and it is people like her who make me so happy and proud of the people our Heavenly Father has put on this earth to help further and grow His Kingdom. Having a friend who pours the word of God into me is a friend I want to cherish forever. A friend who I can literally just go get an ice cream banana split from Sonic with and jam to Hillsong in the car (this totally happens more often than it should) is a friend I want to cherish for the rest of my life. The friends that are peer pressuring you to go to that party that you know might cause you to make bad decisions is not the people you want to ask for advice from when you are struggling . When life kicks me in the back, my Christian friends are the ones that are always there for me feeding me with good advice like, reminding me the boy who told his friends something rude about me isn't worth my time, or telling me that I have an incredible purpose in this life and I am so much stronger than I think I am. Surrounding yourself with Christian friends who love the same Father as you, and who want to consistently see you grow are healthy people you want to be around. I can't count the amount of times Baylee has sent me encouraging messages from a book or another blog and it would always be at the most. perfect. time. God knows what He is doing through my Christian friends, he plants these people in my life to strengthen me at just the right time when I am struggling. Just the other night I sent Baylee a blog that I had just read, it was 12AM and she responds seconds later, "you always send me things RIGHT when i need them". That's what Christian friends do for each other, we encourage one another at any given time not knowing that you might be helping them in their life.
yep, that's my best friend. go best friend.
Let's look at this in another perspective for a second.
If myself or you were an olympic runner would you want your coach or mentor to be someone like Selena Gomez? or Joanna Gains? No, of course not. Although those individuals have amazing talents on their own, you would want your coach to be someone who has many years of experience with running under their belt. You are going to want to be trained by someone who has ran before, someone who knows the trials that you are about to embark on.
This is totally relatable to surrounding yourself with Christian friends. You want to be around friends who want to grow with Christ, people who point you closer to Christ, not pull you away from Him. Friends who love you the way your Heavenly Father loves you. Not a friendship that you are in just because you have known each other since Pre-K. Find a friendship that pushes you to be your absolute best. Find a friendships that keeps you grounded. Find that friend that doesn't make you change when you both show up to lunch wearing the exact same outfit. A Friendships that you can be yourself around. Most importantly....Find a friendship that is built on Christ and for Christ. Every girl is worthy enough to find that friend that will go to the gym with you, but also go to whataburger with you at 2AM. You need a friend who almost feels like family, who calls and asks your mom, "so, what time is dinner tonight?". Friends like these do not come easy, they may take time. Just know that you deserve more than that friend who won't text you back or who keeps giving you a rain check on your Chick-Fil- A dates.
Life is so incredibly hard at times and it's so important to have friends in your life that share the same faith as you. You are going to have those days where all you want to do is give up but those friendships that you have a foundation of Christ with will always be there for you to encourage you and build you up when you are at your weakest. Friends that know your worth and know how challenging life can be but still manage to push through it. Chances are your friend has gone through or is going through the same thing you are, we all struggling, we all hurt, find those friends that find the goodness in the suffering. I couldn't do life without some of my friends God has placed in my life, they keep me grounded. But most importantly, they lead me closer to Christ in many different ways.
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