I have been drawing a blank for days every time I thought about trying to write a new post. I hit a wall every time I sat down to write. Thankfully, tonight I heard what God was trying to tell me. I heard what I had been too busy or too focused on other things to hear.
I'd like to preface this by saying that I am blessed to be a part of a connect group that truly feeds my soul. They make me laugh, they make me feel accepted, and without even knowing it I think, they TEACH me. I'm so thankful for the passion and encouragment from the sweet person who leads and for all of the productive conversations!! Which is exactly how I found myself at the computer right now.
Tonight we talked about really telling people about Jesus and about how sometimes it doesn't have to be a loud, back flips and fireworks kind of telling, it can be a quiet conversation or even an email. But stepping outside of your own comfort zone to really tell someone about Christ, can be so scary, I know for a lot of people it can be the fear of how the Word will be received and how the other person feels about you afterwards. Sometimes it can be that you feel like you aren't qualified to guide someone, which has been my personal struggle. But lucky me, I said that to my connect group and ended up hearing one of the most encouraging things I've ever heard. "God doesn't call the equipped, he equips the called." The person who said that probably has no idea how deeply it touched me.
I know that for me, telling my friends about God, and about my church and about the Bible can be scary. I feel like I'm fumbling through it and I get scared that I've just made a huge mess of it. Thankfully, God knew the words I needed to hear and he sent them to me through someone I look up to as a spiritual role model.
Another thing I heard tonight, was that sometimes giving to people who are in need doesn't always mean to give money or food to homeless people. It can mean giving attention to someone who is starving for it, listening to someone who just needs a shoulder to lean on. I'd never stopped to think about that kind of need. Again, from someone who I respect and see as a spiritual role model.
I feel like I was given a gift in finding the group I did. I just tagged along with my best friend, who has absolutely been monumental in the changes happening in my life, and once again she opened a door that brought me to such a positive place! God knew what he was doing when he moved her in downstairs and literally not a day goes by that I don't thank Him for it.
I know this was kind of all over the place, I apologize. :)
I don't know if anyone in my group will read this, but if any of you are, THANK YOU :)
I'd like to preface this by saying that I am blessed to be a part of a connect group that truly feeds my soul. They make me laugh, they make me feel accepted, and without even knowing it I think, they TEACH me. I'm so thankful for the passion and encouragment from the sweet person who leads and for all of the productive conversations!! Which is exactly how I found myself at the computer right now.
Tonight we talked about really telling people about Jesus and about how sometimes it doesn't have to be a loud, back flips and fireworks kind of telling, it can be a quiet conversation or even an email. But stepping outside of your own comfort zone to really tell someone about Christ, can be so scary, I know for a lot of people it can be the fear of how the Word will be received and how the other person feels about you afterwards. Sometimes it can be that you feel like you aren't qualified to guide someone, which has been my personal struggle. But lucky me, I said that to my connect group and ended up hearing one of the most encouraging things I've ever heard. "God doesn't call the equipped, he equips the called." The person who said that probably has no idea how deeply it touched me.
I know that for me, telling my friends about God, and about my church and about the Bible can be scary. I feel like I'm fumbling through it and I get scared that I've just made a huge mess of it. Thankfully, God knew the words I needed to hear and he sent them to me through someone I look up to as a spiritual role model.
Another thing I heard tonight, was that sometimes giving to people who are in need doesn't always mean to give money or food to homeless people. It can mean giving attention to someone who is starving for it, listening to someone who just needs a shoulder to lean on. I'd never stopped to think about that kind of need. Again, from someone who I respect and see as a spiritual role model.
I feel like I was given a gift in finding the group I did. I just tagged along with my best friend, who has absolutely been monumental in the changes happening in my life, and once again she opened a door that brought me to such a positive place! God knew what he was doing when he moved her in downstairs and literally not a day goes by that I don't thank Him for it.
I know this was kind of all over the place, I apologize. :)
I don't know if anyone in my group will read this, but if any of you are, THANK YOU :)