Brotherly love

I have an almost 3 year old son and an almost 9 month old son. My youngest has an enormous zeal for life, he already stands up by himself and loves to "walk" while you hold his hands. It makes me smile just to see his adventurous spirit, but my oldest wasn't quit ready for his brother to start crawling and browsing around. It makes for some interesting situations as my eldest screams "he is touching my toys" and my youngest contently sits with a toy to big to really play with. Many times a day... let me make that many MANY times a day my eldest has a time-out as we try to work through the "sharing stage" safely. I persist he must share...he persists aswell...in not wanting to share that is. Brotherly love can be a real stretch that is clear! This also applies to my (and your) brotherly or sisterly love with our fellow humans. We can be all "mature" in the Lord...or at least think we are mature when we meet up with a "baby" in Christ or an unbeliever and that maturity can fly out the window in no time. We have a hard time with having patience with them, we don't really want to share and we don't want them to touch our stuff. Boy, no "philadelphia" here. Brotherly love in it's truest form can really be a difficult experience at times. To take upon yourself the honorable role as big brother or sister isn't an easy one, but it is very rewarding though! As you will persevere with patience and love, allowing them to come closer to you as they learn how to stand on their own with Jesus Christ, you see a transformation take place. Giving them the oppertunity to "touch your stuff" like; revelation you received from the Lord, wisdom imparted from above, knowledge of the Word, experiences you had with the Holy Spirit, you become a precious part in the raising of a son or daughter of God. Let's embrace discipleship, not as a burden, but as a joy! Let's be the right example, let's examine our own lives to see how much we have to give in purity, truth, love, peace, patience, faith, blessing and so on. Let's share God's goodness with the people around us, let's be a true family, the family of God! And let's look around in our lives and ask ourselves; "who could I be a big brother or sister to"?