Bible Club Success!!!

The first meeting of the Believe Bible club was a tremendous success! Six giggly girls met at my home for the first of our weekly meetings designed to encourage spiritual growth, develop life skills, and promote a sense of family and accountability amongst our group.

I want to share two special memories. First, nothing was more precious than joining hands with these girls as we circled together for a chain prayer. Hearing them ask God for more shifts for the Mom whose hours have been cut, asking for Mom's safe return for the Mom who left her child with a neighbor for a few weeks, blessings for me so that I don't get sick and am unable to pick them up and have Believe club (funny the things they think about), and multiple thanks for their friends blessed me immeasurably. All my concerns seemed so trivial compared to what these girls deal with each day.

Secondly, I will always remember quoting God's word with some major attitude! For our first devo, we made a "I believe in God" scripture collage with verses that showed us the power and love of God. Our goal is to memorize these verses so that when we are faced with times of doubt, we can quickly recall God's words. Little did we know that we would need these within the hour. As one of our girls later asked how God could possibly hear all of our prayers when there are millions of people out there, we stood up and gathered at the window and looked outside at God's marvelous creation. With our hands on our hips and some major attitude, we pointed to the trees, sky, and birds and quoted Jeremiah 32:27 as though we were God answering her question. "I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?!!!!" The laughter and joy we shared in knowing that we are united in our awe of our Lord will be a memory I will treasure for a lifetime.

I anxiously await what God has planned for us next week!