When you get to the age I am, you realize how important good friends are. I’ve been blessed by God to have many friends in my time here on earth. Recently, a very good friend of mine went home to be with the Lord. Her name was Georgia. We were friends for about 12 years. I met her through a community bible study where she was one of the leaders. She and I became very close through the years. We shared many good times together, but what I remember most was times of being in her Bible studies. She had a way of getting the message across in a way everyone understood. She was a student of the Bible and loved God with all her heart.

Georgia was about 25 years older than I, but age never mattered to us. Our times together was always full of laughter, prayers and discussions about God. The last year of her life she led a mentoring leadership class and spiritual development class of which I attended. All of us attending were being mentored by her to be successful leaders in our lives. She had a gift of teaching and administration. She had a close relationship with God the Father, Jesus the son and the Holy Spirit and it showed in her daily life. Little did we know God would call her home so quickly this past June. I miss her dearly. Yet I’m so thankful God placed her in my life and the wonderful impact she had on me.

Tomorrow we start our next season of Bible studies without our precious Georgia. We plan to carry on all she taught us and invested in us in the ways of leadership. We hope to not only make Georgia proud, but praying we make God proud as we pick up the baton and move forward.