Starting Something New../#3

For the next month, I'm going to post a picture of something I'm thankful for everyday. Being realistic, it will probably not end up being every single day, but I'm going to shoot for it!

So, let's get started!

Day #1: I'm thankful for my small group.

Throughout middle school and high school I avoided any small group/youth group setting. I'm not sure what it was about it but I never felt like I fit with the ones I found available to me. (This is also #3 on the "Things That Have Changed..." list) When I came to college I decided that I was going to throw myself into my faith, really learn as much as I could and get involved in the church and that's exactly what I feel like I'm doing! After the first church service I signed up for a small group with Shay and I've loved every minute of our small group. I leave feeling so connected to God and I feel ready to take on the rest of the week until we meet again. Most of this is thanks to the greatest small group leader, Rae, sometimes we don't stay on topic, but having someone like her around campus has been a very comforting feeling. Going to small group makes me want to be a better Christian and really pursue my faith. The people I meet with every Tuesday at 6:30 have been helping me out with this. Some of us seem to be more of, what I like to call, a 'laid-back-Christian', that's me and then there are others in my small group that are the Christians I want to be. I can tell just from seeing them once a week that they're constantly putting God first, they're reading their Bible for pleasure, not because they just want to get ahead on what we're talking about in small group, and they do exactly what my dad has reminded me to do everyday of my life; let people see God through you.

So, what am I thankful for?

Specifically, my small group- but more because they're encouraging me to be the Christian I want to be and helping me understand what that is, exactly.

Small Group <3