Ahhhhhh.....it was just like putting on my most comfortable shoes. I have missed the comfort of Bible Study Fellowship these past couple of years, but today was day one of this year's study of the book of Romans.
I'm under a bit of stress right now, and perhaps that is what lead me to tears while we 50 women or so were singing hymns to start off the session today, but I don't think that was it. It was simply the beautiful sound of 50 voices raised to God in worship.
I am so excited about this study -- it has been so long since I've been a part of a study that isn't a mass-marketed, media-hyped, DVD-driven, everybody-jump-on-the-bandwagon experience. This study has been around since the 1950's, and I doubt its format or content have changed much at all. I love exploring the Bible and learning what God has for us in His word on a daily basis.....
I took the bus there and met some interesting people along the way. One young lady who was at the original bus stop I was at is studying to be a lawyer at Grant MacEwan. Her interest is on the prosecutor side, so I told her about my friend Nathan who is a Crown Prosecutor for the RCMP.
I saw my friend Carla at BSF, and she gave me a ride home -- I was very grateful for that as it POURED most of the day today. I have an awful cold and it hurts to breathe tonight -- Fall has arrived.
Lord, I thank you for the opportunity to begin studying with Bible Study Fellowship again. I thank you for the ladies who remembered me from over two years ago and for the comforting knowledge that my time here is not wasted even when it seems that perhaps it is. I praise you, God, for inspiring the originators of Bible Study Fellowship to develop this 7-year study that is still alive and vibrant all over the world today. I pray that you continue to guide both men and women to this study to learn about you through studying together, singing together, praising together, etc. I pray that our time there honours you. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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Thanks for the visit and comments at my blog, Kathy. I quite agree.
I think the stakes are so much higher for the reputation of Christ when we carry his name. And I also think that we forget that much more easily with one another than we do with those who are not Christians.
Kathy,
I love reading your blogs. They are so raw and inspiring. The hit me right in the heart.
Jess
Kathy,
I just wanted to encourage you to continue studying within the BSF program. Like you, I'm glad that there are study programs out there that aren't mass-market, DVD-driven, purpose-driven, etc.
I came across your site as I was just checking out to see how many people talked about BSF. :)
Keep up the faith. I encourage you to take the seminar that teaches us how to share the Gospel..
-brian
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