I'm Too Young

I've found myself saying this sometimes- "I'm too young." Out of all my friends, I'm the youngest... not by much, but in some cases, we're at totally different places in life. Sometimes I feel like I have no influence on them or that we're so different that we can't be better friends than we are. Then I remember the following verse: 1 Timothy 4:12 (KJV) says, "Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

This means to me that even as a young woman, I can still set an example for others by the things I say, the way I live, by loving others, with my attitude (spirit), with my faith, and by staying pure. I find this to be especially true with some of my friends. They see that I, a 20-year old student at a big state university, can live my life a certain way that is unexpected from other college students in the area. They see that I am different, but happy to be different. I don't want to make this sound like I'm tooting my own horn- it's only by the grace of God that I can stay pure and be an example to others. One thing I hope is that I can be looked to as an example and that I can look to my friends as examples as well. None of us are perfect, so where there are shortcomings, we can pray to God for guidance and look for the examples of others of we all try to be the example for someone else.