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I was a fairly devout Christian when I entered my first year at my university. I went to church every Sunday, had traveled on mission trips with my orchestra, and had read the Bible more carefully than most people had...or at least so I thought. This changed during my first semester at university. One of my class requirements was a Biblical Literature course. I can honestly say that no class has changed my life more than that introductory Bib Lit course. My professor was, in my mind, a genius. He showed me things that I had never even thought of before: who wrote the Bible, when, why, translations, different versions, when the texts were found and by whom...the list goes on and on. He became my mentor and I became obsessed with knowing everything that I could about the Bible. Meeting him accelerated my faith journey tremendously. Thanks be to God!In these verses, Philip is called by the spirit to go meet a man on a chariot. The man is an Ethiopian eunuch, reading the teachings of a prophet, but unable to fully understand them. Just like I was in my university time, the eunuch was like a clueless sheep before his shearer, trusting yet not confident in what was going to happen. Luckily for the eunuch, Philip is certainly qualified to teach him about the scriptures and Christ, which the eunuch may have been waiting for his entire life.Thought: Have you had any valuable mentors along the way of your faith journey? Are there any people in your life that you could possibly be a mentor for? Reach out to both parties: thank your mentors and share what you know with a mentee