Fast forward to months later, and here the Bible study starts to bring forth some fruit – or more appropriately cookies… Chocolate chip cookies to be exact.
So, when our bible study started, first of all, we dug in deep. Most of the ladies present were fairly well versed in the Lord, had seen him in our lives, etc. Therefore, we all felt pretty comfortable that it would be ok to just jump into a hardcore bible study entailing the Armor of God. Which, was incredible, and for the most part what a lot of us needed. But, when we really started getting our feet wet, getting the rhythm of being in a bible study down, and finally got through this hardcore meat-and-potatoes bible study. We all decided that maybe the next study would need to be an appetizer, or a dessert, and as the quasi-leader-ish person of this study, I did my homework on getting some promising books for the next study, and as a joke, wrote down a book that had “chocolate” in the title. This book is supposed to be a totally light-hearted fun filled study for a wide-variety of groups, and it really has been, but to bring us to where we are now. It has recipes in it, and every couple of bible study evenings, we make some of these items together as a group. But, part of the catch with these is that, you’re not just supposed to eat these yourself, you are supposed to share them. Share them with non-believers or believers, or whatever. They’re conversation starters, and oh how God has blessed that. Conversation starters they are.
So, our first real recipe that we’re supposed to be making is cookies… The most amazing little chocolate chip cookies you’ve ever eaten. Now, go out and share them. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m not a very outspoken person when it comes to my faith, or at least, I wasn’t. So, now I have two small bags of 6 cookies each, and I’m supposed to share these with a scripture, to encourage someone… Great.
Now, for the weeks leading up to this, I had started be-friending a lady at work a little bit. And, we were really getting on good terms, and life was going great, the whole fast-friends business. Loving it! So, of course, the Holy Spirit says, share the cookies with her. And, I’m like, “But, I like her, and I don’t want to scare her off.” And, then, I was reminded of my Bible Study, the bible study that has led us here. The bible study that the cookies came from. And here, the Lord is nudging me to give her the cookies. And so, I did. She was overwhelmed. She was touched. It began conversations of the fact that she had been wanting to go back to church, but how, and fears of religion, and, and, and….
And, all these conversations I never would have had, had I not shared the cookies. Had I not moved with the Spirit, to reach out, to someone who I had absolutely no idea ever went to church, let alone had been feeling the tug of the spirit to come back. And, we have since only grown stronger, and I have only continued to encourage her in her faith, and thanked God for the incredible experience and opportunity. *Small disclaimer, the other cookies that I shared have not brought fruit that I know of, but maybe that will be a story for a later day.
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