THE WAITING IS OVER, PART 1

So, maybe it was just last week, or the end of the one before, that I wrote the blog, Waiting: Sometimes Easy, Sometimes Hard.  I wrote that I was at the stage in life again where we had finally settled in here in our new home, but there was no ministry on the horizon.  Well, that situation has changed.

When we arrived here I discovered that there was a weekly women’s Bible study that met at the clubhouse every week.  I was SO happy!  The first thing I did was contact the woman who leads it so we could chat about our backgrounds, how she started the class, what they’re studying, and all the things I wanted to know before I attended my first class.  I’ve been going now for several weeks and have met some lovely women in the process.

Last week the leader called me and asked if she could come over for some fellowship.  I was thrilled!  Someone was actually asking to be my friend!  (A direct answer to another of my prayers, by the way!)  We had a lovely chat during which she asked me why I didn’t consider starting my own class.  I was thinking that it could happen one day, but since I don’t really know very many people yet, I wasn't thinking NOW.

Then she suggested that I might want to consider making myself available for a study during the next two weeks while she took a break.  She even sent out an e mail to the women who attend her class telling them I was available.  I had a number of women interested and we finally settled on a day and time which was convenient for some of them to attend.  

I just finished preparing the lesson for our study and am beside myself with excitement!  I LOVE teaching God’s Word and watching it, and Him, come alive in the hearts and minds of those who study.  And I LOVE watching God do the work of changing lives as a result.  Tuesday can’t come soon enough!

I can almost “hear” the Lord saying, “If I can do THIS, Dot, you can trust me for all the other things and people you have on your heart.”   

I believe, Lord.  Help my unbelief.