I want to share with you all where this whole community ladies’ ministry came from. About 6 or so years ago I felt this divide amongst our churches and I felt this longing for people - women - to come together in fellowship, in prayer, and in Bible study. It seems like people are hurting and maybe there isn’t a safe place to be at peace and not judged. It stayed on my heart and life kept moving. I taught Sunday School and I have shared in those classes this pull in my heart to bring women together. And life continued. Weddings and babies and sickness and death and recovery. Covid happened in the midst of all of it and I got several women together with our masks and we discussed how to bring it all into reality. I reserved a facebook page and website domain and made a little brochure to share. And then nothing. I couldn’t find a place outside of church to do it. And life continued. My husband died and I went into a sad place and couldn’t move out. I took time off of work for surgery and resting my mind and heart. My sister kept telling me we need a Bible study. Then a bunch of friends went to eat and one of the friends said we really need a Bible study. And something about the way she said it and the look in her eyes told me it was time. We brought ladies together for brunch and scheduled a Bible study. And that little group of about 8 ladies turned into a group of almost 30 ladies meeting in my home each week. It was confirmation from God that it’s time. People are hurting. People are struggling with feelings of not being good enough or comparing themselves to the filtered people on social media and feeling lost/forgotten/alone.
There are so many things we can say we disagree on. We can find differences in our relationship with God and how we worship. We can point out other people’s wrongs. We can find so many things to criticize or complain. If you look for it, you will find it.
But if we look for ways we can be together, and look for ways to share Christ, or look for people that need a hug or an ear, we will find that too.
I told my sister- in-law just a moment ago that when I look into the eyes of the ladies in our small Bible study, I see a hint of a tear, and a sense of peace, rest, and security. It’s almost like a breath of “yes Lord, I am here and I hear you. And I am ok”. Peace. Rest.
It could just be me feeling that way, but seeing those ladies and the many that are joining this facebook group, I am very confident that I am not alone in my feelings.
It’s time. Yes Lord, I hear you.
We have a lot of women joining together and we can do big things together. But through all of it, we must commit to creating a safe, welcoming environment for people to come and not worry about being judged, to lay down burdens and hurts and find peace and rest.
It’s time!
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