A one-on-one relationship…

How do you get to know someone better? You spend time with them and after some time spent with them, you realize one of two things: I want to continue hanging out w/them or I don’t. It’s really as simple as that. However, what are the deciding factors? What is it that makes you want to spend more time w/that person, why do you want to get to know them better? Maybe it’s for selfish reasons, maybe for your own personal gain, maybe they make you look better in your friends’ eyes. Or maybe it’s just that you really enjoy them, enjoy their personality, enjoy that they make you feel special, important, and needed. We are all searching for the ultimate relationship, even you all, as rising 9th graders…most of you are always on the lookout for your next crush or your next best friend, and often times, that person changes weekly. Even I am searching…yes I have Russell and we have an amazing relationship, but he was not made to be my everything. There is no one who can fill that role, no one but Jesus.

As our time together in small group is wrapping up, I have been thinking a lot about what I desire for you girls and your lives, and I came up with a lot of answers…I want you to be happy, healthy, I want you to hang out with people who encourage you, lift you up, make you want to be a better person, I want you to be respectful of other people, but when it comes down to it, the one thing I desire MOST for you all is that you desire to have a relationship with your Heavenly Father, your Creator. I pray that you would desire to get to know the One who knows you best, the One who wants so desperately to have a relationship with you. I pray that you would know and believe that this is the ONLY relationship that truly matters, that God is the One who knows you best, loves you most and wants only good things for you. He is the One who brings healing, joy and purpose to our lives. So this is my question to you (that I want you to answer by commenting or sending an email), What do you desire to get out of your relationship with God?

 ”I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.” Philippians 1:9-10

On a side note, I want you all to know that although we won’t be together on Sunday mornings in small group, I will always be your small group leader, I will always want to be a part of your lives and I pray you will let me be. I will continue this blog for as long as the Lord leads me to, so I hope you continue to read it! I love you girls so much!

Also, please continue to tell me how I can pray for you this week.

 

 

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