Some of you may know that I co-lead a youth girls group with my church. Every Monday, 6 or so girls ages 14-18 come to my house. We eat loads of snacks, we chat and giggle wildly like only girls can do, and then we dive into Bible study. We just finished up studying the book of James, and boy is it relevant! We discuss things like what the Bible says about showing favoritism, controlling your tongue, mercy and judgment, the relationship between works and faith. And the girls ask us and each other real questions, hard questions, about what it looks like to be a Christian in their world. I only get them for an hour and a half a week, but boy do I love them!
And I still can't believe I'm doing this leadership thing. I've never been drawn toward teaching, it's just not my thing. I'm not good with words. Plus, I was homeschooled through highschool, so what do I know about what my girls experience every day? But for some reason, God nudged me to do it. I knew it was from Him because the desire to teach could not be coming from me! I feel incredibly blessed to get to know these sweet girls, and incredibly intimidated because I am a role model for them, and I do not want to lead them astray. They are not afraid to discuss the hard stuff and Nicole and I have to be ready to speak truth in areas where the world speaks lies. They keep me on my toes and I find that I am so glad that I was taught the Bible growing up and that I have that Christian foundation to draw from.
Next year we are doing So Long, Insecurity by Beth Moore and I'm looking forward to it!
