it’s kinda weird writing on this thing. i’m going through posts and some of them are from sophomore year. i gotta say though, that complaining heart of mine is still here.
senior year. still can’t believe it’s my senior year of college. i remember a time when i thought college students were so cool. i go on tangents a lot.
‘how do you like small group’ ‘how’s serving’ ‘was bible study good’ - the questions people constantly ask you.
well, not gonna lie. it’s tough. i looked around today and wow, there were small groups rolling 12-15 deep. us on the other hand, 3 leaders / 3 members. tough. i could sense that some of my members had a hard time with this as well. it’s funny, i always think back to that one time when it was bible study consisted of leaders, helpers, and ONE member. that’s not the funny part though, it was that the helpers prepped bible study with the leaders that week. so if it weren’t for our one member to show up, it would have been another prepping session.
sometimes we get so blinded and forget what small group is for. we forget that we are there to build a relationship with Christ and not those around us. i mean, i’m not saying it’s wrong to make friends. i’m saying that shouldn’t be our motive. our hearts need to be on Jesus. i remember someone mentioning this to me… ‘at the end of the year, it doesn’t matter if we become best of friends, if we had the best hangouts, or if we had the best food. if we didn’t grow an inch in Christ, it was all a waste’ paraphrased of course. i think that’s what i want our members to know this year. to really understand that Jesus is all that we need. we don’t need 15-16 members to grow in Christ. i mean, look at Jesus’ small group. twelve members, one of which didn’t really know the truth.
i think it’s gonna be a good year. not because of the group. not because of the leaders. but because God is always good. He will never lead us down the wrong path. let’s focus our eyes on Him and not on this world, shall we?
