Do you have a sister? I do. My sister and I were the only two children in our family. We had no other sisters or brothers. She was born just a little over three years after my birth. There are sweet photos of me holding her when she was just a baby, a smile a mile wide crossing my face. I was a proud sister, I was the older sister. As such, as we grew, I felt responsible for showing her the way things should be done, as most older sisters do. You should see the videos that we made. You should hear the cassette tape recordings. If you did you would likely hear me bossing her around, just like most older sisters do. I remember her screaming that she hated me more than once, and it reducing me to tears, my mom telling me that I was too sensitive. Maybe I was, maybe I wasn’t. What would you do if your only sister said that to you? Oh, and my mom was the younger of two sisters, which might explain that statement.
I am happy to tell you that young adulthood came and we became friends. I went away to college. She would call me. We would talk for such a long time, like we never had when I lived at home. When it was time for her to decide where to attend college, she followed me. I have been blessed by her witness throughout the last several years of our lives and have watched her become a beautiful bride and loving mother to two daughters of her own. She is a beautiful example of Christ’s work in a person’s life.
A sister is a funny thing. She can awaken your soul with her honesty. She can build you up with just a smile and an embrace. We all need a woman like that in our lives. Maybe you don’t have a biological sister, but let me assure you that you have sisters! This community will awaken your soul with the honest voice of each woman who contributes. It will build you up and encourage you. We will walk through this journey together and love one another as Christ has called us to do. We are family. We are daughters of the living King. We are sisters.
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I love this! Amen!
Aww I have a sister like that too! I don’t know what i’d without her. Our relationship has become even more precious since we lost our Mom in 2009. Cherish these relationships.
Blessings friend,
Cyndi
Isn’t it a blessing that even through the sadness of loss two people can become closer? I’m glad it worked this way with you and your sister.
AMEN! I’m blessed to have a sister biologically, but also blessed to have many Sisters in Christ.
I know how wonderful it is to have a loving sister to whom you are close, Jenny, just like you do. In fact, my sister and I were lamenting one day because each of us has only one daughter; she has two sons and I have three. We worried because our daughters would not know the type of sister relationship we have. But you put it perfectly: we are Sisters in Christ. I can’t wait to share that with her.
I bet your girls will grow to be as close as sisters! They’ll have to come together with all of those boys around!
So thankful for the cmmunity of sisters God has blessed me with in you all, and offline as well!
Well said, Jenny! I have three sisters that I’m pretty close with, but they aren’t believers. I’m do blessed to have so many sisters in Christ who can walk through this journey with me!
I didn’t realize that, Jess. Wouldn’t it be a blessing to see them come to Christ!!
I’m very grateful for my sisters in Christ who’ve traveled the hard and happy times with me. But I am so looking forward to the day I can share a close relationship with my sister. We’re making roads, but it’s slow.
She’s 9 years younger than me and I was grown and out of the house by the time she was 7. But next month we’ taking a trip just us (and our brother) for a week and I’m so looking forward to it and hope our relationship will grow deeper.
Oh Jessica, I’m praying that it will be a sweet time of bonding with your siblings! What a great opportunity!
There are biological sisters, and there are heart sisters. Sometimes these two can overlap — but, yes, those sisters of the heart are what help me see Him and give me life! Thank you so much, Jenny! So happy to be in community with you here!
Me too, Jennifer!
I don’t have a sister. I have a brother, and honestly, I don’t feel like it is the same. Quite frankly, if I were close with him like a sister I think his wife would be jealous. I am excited for the opportunity to make some “sisters”
We are so glad to have you here!
You know I don’t have In Real Life sisters, so I rely on my Sisters In Christ and am so grateful for those that God has placed in my life. They truly are a blessing daily.
thanks for sharing today.
You are one of those to me,Denise! So glad to call you “sister”!
I am blessed to have biological sisters, and also grateful for the sisters I’ve made through the years by way of super friendships! Your words are right, God can provide those relationships we need most — we do have sisters! Thanks for this post…
I am blessed to have biological sisters who are also my heart friends…SUCH a blessing. I’ve also loved becoming sisters with so many beautiful women in real life and online…there is nothing that knits hearts like He does!
You are so right! Mileage doesn’t matter when it’s a matter of the heart!
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I love that whole last paragraph. Thank You Jenny.