Every wednesday night I have a bible study meeting that I go to from my church. Last night though on the ride home from work I just had this feeling that I wasn't supposed to go this week by myself. So i made a phone call to who I thought it could be, and after I did the feeling still didn't leave. No reply back from them. I got home and told God straight up "I know your voice, and I know what your telling me so I don't wanna play a guessing game, I just can't hear clear who". So I got online really not even thinkin about it, and started talkin to my friend Greg who goes to my church but has been away because of work for a while. Now bible study starts at 7:30, so I like to leave around 6:45 so I can get there early and talk with everyone. Well 6:45 came, the feeling is still there, and no one is really clickin with me still to ask. So once again me and God have another moment LOL: "OK you have my attention lol, I know theres supposed to be someone, so by 7pm I know who they are, they agree and im on my way to get em" I knew I was supposed to ask 3 people, the 1st one maybe just needed to be reminded that the option is always there, but here in 15 min im supposed to ask 2 more people when no one is really coming online? I knew though that things would work out like they always do.
6:49 Daphma comes online. Without waiting a second, I ask her what shes doin. There was no need to try and convince her to come, or even moment of discouragement, she said ok & agreed to come check it out. I LOVE bible study & Church and when I can bring someone to experience whats really out there, its just the best feeling. It's kinda like writing things like this out, and knowing someone may read it and get something out of it that they never where expecting. I used to ask people ALL the time if they wanted to come to church with me, and wether it be about the reasons they have now, or from past experiences most people tend to decline. There are those that are willing to give it a chance no matter if they already have something that they believe or if they don't. To those that decline, lemme just ask one thing "If you have something, and you really believe in it and trust it, then if you went somewhere to *humor* someone at the least extent, are you really scared what you have really isn't what is meant for you? Correct me if I'm wrong but if you stand strong in something and that's meant for you no matter where you go nothing can change that unless it's supposed to. But I'll just go along with it just to *humor* ya'll lol.
Daphma and myself have had the most interesting friendship that I've ever had with anyone lol. When you click with someone with not just "the reg stuff" such as what your favorite things are, but on a deeper respect such as you both believe in the same thing, and the same values...then that just takes it so much deeper. Now she has her story about what happened yesterday, and it wasn't a shot in the dark that I asked her either. It was meant to happen. She got to see, like I wish many of my friends would, how church really should be, and how its different from anything else most of us have experienced. The people are unbelievably nice, open to anything you might have to say, and want to see you succeed in what God has planned out for you. It's really something you can't debate about unless you check it out. Even if it's not for you, then you still get a new outlook that church doesnt have to be this bad place if your not a weekly member or someone with authority. The fact is, the second you come to my church wether you go once or attend weekly, your still gonna get hit with that love that comes out so naturally its eye-opening. You can't fake something like that, theres no gossip, and we all genuinually care about each other. Wether it be church, or even bible study you can still see it so clearly. We don't have to be someone we're not to try and please someone, you come as you are, and thats really why I love it as much as I do.
I'm open to a friendship no matter how it comes, but know with that comes faith. I know when theres somoeone I'm supposed to affect even if its by me doing nothing that what I regularly do. But those that are hurting from whatever reason, just know that I know and I won't pry. If you want to open up you can and i'm always around no matter if your someone I used to be friends with, am friends with now, never met except for that day, or someone I even work with and see all the time. There's a reason why we meet the people we do, just like there was a reason Daphma was the one that was supposed to come with me to bible study. When God wants you to hear something and you for some reason aren't getting it from him, he ALWAYS finds another way for you to get the message.
(BTW the 3rd person I asked was Greg to see if he was coming but he was still at work lol)
