18/09/2021
Last night I got to celebrate a sweet friend’s bday and then this morning I read Taleah Murray] ‘s post and was reminded how we all became friends 20 something years ago.
When I became a Christian, I needed community. I was desperate to grow my faith but wanted people to walk alongside of me. I was also kinda lonely. Greg and I were dating when he was an intern at our church. I think people just assumed that I had lots of friends because Greg knew everyone. Many times when Greg would go away on guys’ trips, he would encourage me to call my friends to go hang out. I had no one to call. I felt so lonely. But everyone thought I had a lot of friends and was so busy. “Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added to you” was the verse that prompted me to start a bible study. Now I needed the people. Who would I ask? I prayed and God very clearly put , Taleah Murray], and my other sweet friend Breanne on my heart. I felt doubtful that they would want to join in a bible study with me because they probably had “so many other friends”. They were beautiful and friendly and everyone loved them. As I prayed, God continued to put their names on my heart.
Shortly after that, I asked if they would be interested in being in a small bible study with me and they were excited. The truth is that they also had many people they knew, but felt lonely at times. People thought they had so many close friends because they were beautiful inside and out, pretty well known at our church, and just awesome (it was a bit intimidating) … but at the end of the day, they also craved that a community that would sharpen them. Our weekly bible study went on for a few years.
They became my people.
We laughed together, cried together, went through break ups together, experienced losses together, got married and pregnant around the same time. Then God moved them away from me to expand His kingdom. I seriously cried for like a year. But I knew that the God who brought them into my life at a time that I needed them most was the same God who would care for my heart during this time.
and he did.
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