"This is our first meeting without me being your leader! Now we're just friends, although we were always friends," she said with a smile, and I just smiled back, shaking my head because although we had officially ended lifegroup, it still didn't feel that way at all. She was still very much both my spiritual mom and friend.
I don't know how to put GLU into an organized collection of words. Freshman year, I let my lifegroup climb up to being a top priority in college, and I spent almost every day and every night with them. The last meeting was very final, and almost every relationship I built in it since that day has quickly slipped away with time. Since then, new extracurriculars have taken emphasis away from church.
The reason I loved GLU was because there was bold acceptance of each others' flaws, and we became so close so naturally. I can honestly say that I see most of these brothers and sisters as friends first, before fellow lifegroup or church members. I don't see the end of lifegroup affecting many of these relationships at all, and I am so grateful for this realization. Oftentimes in church, it's hard to grasp that the people there are human but everyone in GLU never failed to keep it real, and I've never felt as secure in my life as I did being with them.
God. Thank you so much.
P.S. I really love my GLUparents.. that's them being servants in an everyday context by voluntarily cleaning gum off the church carpet hahaha. Reconfirming why they're two of my biggest role models. :)
