Jamesalicious. Well I guess our story begins roughly nineteen and a half years ago when I decided to be your sister. From all the stories of our childhood, as much as I wanted to be you, you wanted nothing to do with me. I dressed up like a pirate all the time, you pushed a Christmas tree on me. I made up Pokemon characters with you and you wrapped me up and tried to give me away. It was kind of a love/hate relationship in which I did all of the loving and you did all of the hating.
Luckily for me, I never stopped wanting to be a lot like you, and you finally stopped hating me so much. In between all of our pithy fights and arguments over different ways of approaching situations, our relationship grew in the Lord and I grew to love you more. James is one of those people who you cant help but remember after meeting him. He will either quick attack you with sarcastic comments or witty jokes and proceed to talk your ear off while you are with him, but you definitely wont forget him. He will argue for his point until you get tired of hearing about it so you forfeit, and he will blow your mind with philosophical theories that he probably made up just to see if you could keep up with him. If you wear anything too "trendy" you will never hear the end of it, and if all you have is diet drinks and low-fat foods, he isn't coming over.
The thing I have learned most from James is persistence. If he believes in someone or something, he will never give up on them or it. He looks for the absolute best in people and fights for them because of the good inside them even if others cannot see it. James will never give up, but if he is wrong he is never too proud to apologize. I am blessed to have such an incredible big brother that I know will always think I am ridiculous, weird beyond reason, impulsive and stubborn, but I also know I have a brother who will always love me and never give up on the woman I am becoming. Jamealicious, thanks for being there when I need you the most and for staying true to who you are because God designed you that way. Thank you for never giving up on me and always seeking out the good in my heart when nobody else could see it. I love you forever.
Deuteronomy 31:6
"So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you"
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