I know this may be hard to believe, but I do have other friends besides Karrie and Staci...shocking, I know. But I have to say just how truly blessed I am to for my amazing small group while I was in the singles ministry at Houston's First Baptist. There were only 4 of us, and you really couldn't put 4 more different personalities together than the 4 of us! When I first saw who was in my small, I honestly thought "this should be interesting" as I didn't know any of them well at all. But after walking through almost 2 years of life together, it is completely evident that the Lord knew EXACTLY what he was doing. They were a HUGE answer to prayer! I love these girls so much and have been incredibly blessed by their friendship over the past 2 years. Though we are not an "official" small group anymore, we still try to meet up once a month for dinner or Starbucks to catch up. We first became a small group the Fall of 2009 (all completely single), right before Justin and I started dating. Not only was I blessed by their friendship, but I was also blessed by how it challenged and grew my spiritual walk. We went through Beth Moore revelations, memorized lots of scripture together, studied through Romans, and prayed boldly for our future husbands. All incredibly important! They walked through every part of Justin and I's dating relationship and I was so blessed by their prayers, loyalty, excitement, and advice! It was also a huge joy to see another girl in our small group starting to date someone shortly after Justin and I and who just got married! God is so good and I have seen Him answer huge prayers through this small group. We now have a tradition where we have to take a picture of the 4 of us at each of our weddings.
A lot of people have brought up questions about being "content in your singleness" which really what does that mean anyway? Has the Lord put this desire in your heart? Then pray about it! Does that mean this is all you think and pray about? Absolutely not. But it does mean it's completely normal, and okay and valid to have these desires, and how much better to talk about it amongst Christian sisters who will pray boldly with you! And He does answer beyond all we ask or imagine...in His timing. So to my precious small group, I know I don't tell you this enough, but thank you for being such godly, wonderful friends and sisters to me and for being what I know is a "lifelong small group" in my book. You girls are a blessing!! Looking forward to many more celebrations to come :)
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