Masterpiece: Found

The older you get the more your heart craves for genuine friendships that feed not just your heart but your soul. I can remember my senior year of college and in all in chaos of everything I had going on God gave me four girls who lived together who adopted me into their home. They were the friends that I called on for silly things like a walk to chapel on my chapel days. They were the shoulders I cried on when golf was not going well and they were my BIGGEST supporters when it was. They were my C O M M U N I T Y in a world of chaos. Abbey, Kayla, Laine, and Laura were my college community. So naturally when the last bag was in my parent’s rental and I hugged Mama Wig (Kayla’s Mom) goodbye I could not help but feel like I was leaving so much of myself in the city of Montgomery.

Two weeks later I started my internship with HEB and my first day in the store I was talking to my store director and we were sharing a little bit about our lives and I told her how I was struggling to find my fit after college at my family’s church and she suggested a church that was more of adults my age and encouraged me to go. I went and I loved the worship. Well after my internship was over and I started my new job I went back again and sat by myself (terrified by the way) and a girl comes and sits next to me. We sit and church starts I do my thing she does hers and after service as I am gathering my life she says “Are you new here?” I replied that I had come one time before and that I was new. She said okay and proceeded to the front of the church. As I am preparing to walk out I felt drawn to her spirit so I went to the front and asked her to pray with me and she did. She also invited me to her small group Bible Study with some other girls. I told her I would think about it because I had to work till 7 she told me that they could do 7:30.

The next Tuesday I fought all these emotions. Texted a few friends asking for prayer. Told Laura I was going to bail and she said “Cre Baby what do you have to lose? If you go and you do not like it then that is okay you know that you need to keep pressing into Christ for something more. If you don’t go you will never know what your heart is lacking. So go.” I went for two reasons 1. To conquer my fear of meeting new people 2. Because Laura said so J

The night started and they talked about the word and I simply listened but in that time the anxiety and anxiousness that came with meeting new people went away. I left there that night and my heart was FULL. I went to work the next day and told my boss that this was something that was important to me and that I wanted to be able to go. She accepted.

A few months later towards the end of the year I was having a really rough day and so I texted one of the girls and told her that I was not going to be able to make it. She responded that I should still come. That night we broke into pairs and dived into the word my partner and I shared things with one another that let me know once again that this was the group for me. Not because of what we shared but how easily we shared it. 

I had found my C O M M U N I T Y once again.

These girls are my people. They encourage me. Pray with me. Laugh with me. Include me. I can be having the worst day but it can be Tuesday and knowing that I get to share the table with Lauren, Jessica, Ashley, Rachel, Marissa, Stephanie and Grace will make it so much better. I was in such a rush to find a way to get back to Alabama that I never asked God to meet me here in Texas. That is the awesome thing about God he sends it to you anyway. So just like I was being sharpened in college I am being sharpened now. I am incredibly grateful for what this group of girl’s means to me at this stage in life. 

At this place in this stage with these people I am FOUND. God found me and no matter where I am in life He will continue to find me. I find peace knowing that he will continue to pursue me no matter what the case may be. Having the right people in your circle makes a world of difference when you are lost in life. 

God,

I am grateful for this place. This place where you show yourself faithful to me through your people.

Signed,

Forever Grateful