Bible Study Girls
Bible Study Girl was not the original name that I had in mind for this blog. The original name was trendy and did not proclaim as loudly what this blog was about. I checked to see if the domain name was available for my original name, and it was! Score!!!! I’m not super tech savvy, but I took it as a sign from on high that the name was a winner.
AFTER I purchased the domain name, I had a brilliant idea. I decided to Google the name to see if anyone else was using it. Guess what ya’ll? They were. They had a Facebook page, Instagram page, and a podcast. Just no website. I quickly requested to chat with an online agent about my dilemma. Would it be possible to change my domain name? “Of course you can,” the online agent replied, “but you have to purchase it.”
My blogging went up in smoke. I had already spent more than I had planned on for this new endeavor that wasn’t even my plan! It was His! The agent needed a new name, and I had nothing. Except, I did. “Is Biblestudygirl.com available?” It was. Biblestudygirl.com was born.
The name Bible Study Girl was birthed in my apartment. I told you previously about the group of young ladies that I met with for 10 weeks to complete Beth Moore’s Bible study of Esther. I told my cousin that I wanted to do a Bible study with ladies. She invited ladies, and I invited ladies, and other ladies invited ladies. By the end of the study, we were down to a consistent group of six.
When we finished that first study, nobody wanted to stop meeting. We wanted more. I don’t remember who came up with the name for our tribe, but it stuck. The BSG’s didn’t play. Our group blessed me tremendously. It was so refreshing to have women that were trying to figure out what walking out this Christian life really meant. We didn’t talk cute. We were open and honest about our struggles.
The awesome thing about our group is that we didn’t all attend the same church or come from the same neighborhood. We were able to offer different perspectives. I think that’s missing in the body of Christ. Being in fellowship with other believers helps to move you in the right direction. You are held accountable. Not only that, but it allows you to see God move in spectacular ways for others and even for you personally.
If I had listened to my doubts, the group never would have happened. God had been pushing me to do a group Bible study, but I constantly reminded Him that I wasn’t qualified. At the beginning of the study, I made sure to inform everyone that I was just asking the questions that were written in the leader’s book. God was going to do the rest. And He did.
A supposed-to-be one time event changed the course of my life. I’m forever grateful for that season. Maybe it’s time for you to take a leap of faith and complete a Bible study with your friends and friends of your friends. It may open the door to an unexpected future. #wepreach
