On Monday night at Cutie’s, it’s another Bible Study meeting and the weather is looking good. Though it will be humid outside, it’s looking dry. The forecast doesn’t call for rain until midweek. While it will be the usual meeting agenda, there will be a time for those attending to share something with the group.
If we have a testimony, revelation, a passage from the Bible that is on our hearts, a word of encouragement or a gift to share, we have an opportunity to share it with the group Monday night. A portion of the study Monday night, we will have the floor (or parking lot) to share what’s on our hearts.
Speaking in front of a group and sharing my story? I do that in Toastmasters, so in a way this will help me show off my skills. Ministering to others? This brings me back to past Campus Crusade events like Christmas Conference and Big Break. It’s a step of faith, but I was able to share my story with some inner city people in DC and students on Spring Break at Panama City Beach.
It’s led me to think about my spiritual journey over time, as I near 25 years having been a believer in Christ. When I went off to college is when it started. I started going to church when I was a student (I attended two churches in Johnstown over the three years that I was there). I continued my walk with God when I came to Slippery Rock in the Fall of 2003.
While I’ve been a believer for a long time, I’ve had my flaws and I haven’t made it my own journey. Not wanting to go into detail, I do things a little bit differently. I left the church in 2021 after a difference in opinion over how I was dressing. This was a couple of months before I got hired at Giant Eagle. The events are unrelated. I shouldn’t have left over something so stupid, and I do need to drop past events that happened years ago.
When I read about this upcoming Bible Study and sharing something with the group, it opened something in me that’s been nonexistent for a long time. While I don’t expect a miracle, I should pray about Monday night and hope this is the lift that I need to get back into a relationship with God and back into the church.
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