I just get in the way!!

....of myself! You know exactly what I mean by this too!! We all do it. Especially me! I often spend so much time getting in the way of myself that I forget what I was actually suppose to be doing. HaHa! The preacher talked about this on Sunday. He talked about "model citizen" of the kingdom and what we are modeling ourselves after. Actually, WHO we are modeling ourselves after. We are NOT called to model a what, which could be rules, expectations, etc. We are called to model Christ. I just love it!! And I often forget. If I even tried to fully model myself can you imagine what I would be like. Think about how you would be? First off, I wouldn't even be here. I could never in my life dream of the creation and make it happen!! AHHH!! Way out of my league. But even smaller, I could never truly love, respect, and enjoy others if it weren't for Christ in me. I'm selfish, hince the reason I always get in the way of a GREATER plan for my life. It's all about Him! So i'm going to try and stay out of the way and I know things will be amazing!!

Bible Study

For the past few months I've been involved in a women's bible study. I'll be honest, at first I wasn't sure if I was really excited about it. I mean the girls seemed nice, but would I really have anything in common with these girls? I was use to being in a bible study with some of my closest friends who I could share every bit of my heart. They always kept me accountable. I guess I thought I would be walking into the exact same bible study. But it was different. My closest friends weren't there. In fact none of us really knew each other at all. We spent the first few minutes of each bible study saying our names and which school we were in. That happened for a month or so.

But God was doing something. And He brought us all together. Slowly each of us are become more comfortable around each other and we are all beginning to share what's on our hearts. A few weeks ago we started having a prayer partner each week and it is really bringing us together. These girls are wonderful and have amazing hearts for the Lord.

It was selfish of me to walk into the bible study with that kind of attitude. The Lord had amazing things is store and I was just too consumed with my view to even see it. I guess we just needed time to get to know each other and let God do his work in us. And I know what you're thinking....duh!!! It takes time to get to know people!! But when you are so use to things a certain way you don't really see the obvious.

I'm so blessed to have the opportunity to get to know these girls. They challenge the way I think and we are really able to dive deep in the word each time we meet. I'm so excited to see how the Lord continues to grow us!!

April Fools

I didn't come up with a good joke for April Fools, but I found this picture and thought it was worth sharing.