The Question

Your life can change in a single moment.  When I hear others say that, I often think of how you’re doing just fine and then a tragedy hits.  I mean, you’re minding your business and then life deals you a heavy blow.  Thankfully, God gave me a more positive outlook.  He didn’t leave me in that space.

Typically if I’m writing about the same topic as other contributors to Bible Study Girl, I make sure that my blog is written before I read theirs.  I don’t want to be influenced by what they felt led to share.  BSG week broke all the rules.  Although we agreed on a topic, I still didn’t have a specific moment in mind.  I didn’t feel pulled in any general direction.  Until this morning.

My bestie sent out an encouraging text to the BSG’s to applaud them for sharing a piece of themselves with the world.  She’s a behind the scenes encourager.  Ever present but not wanting attention drawn to herself.  And in that moment, I knew that I had to talk about my relationship with her and how it all began.

She sat next to me in one of our Speech Path undergraduate classes.  Since we had the same major, we saw each other often.  We didn’t have a relationship.  Just a general half smile as we settled into our seats in class.  I’ve shared before that I’m introvert, but she definitely has me beat.  Which makes what happens next in the story a true anomaly.  A moment that changed my life…and hers.

She turned to me and asked me if I wanted to attend the C.O.G.I.C. convention with her in Memphis.  Now, we hadn’t ever talked outside of class and barely talked in class.  So, she knew nothing about me.  And I didn’t know anything about her.  But I said, “Sure.”  One small crazy question and one small crazy response.  And over sixteen years later, we’re still taking journeys together.

I’m not just talking about vacations.  Although, we do LOVE to hit the road and see the world together.  I’m really talking about the different journeys that life takes us through.  When my great-grandmother passed away and I couldn’t keep myself together, she offered to fly to Houston to come get me and drive me home.  When I’m ready to cuss everybody out, I know that I can call her.  She’ll tell me if my reasoning is valid or if it might be hormones.

We have learned what it is to be adults.  We talk about being human and trying to live a life that is worthy of our callings.  We laugh.  We eat all the food.  We hug.  We watch reality TV and discuss their lives like they are our own.  We grow.  We hurt.  We heal.

I can’t imagine what the BSG sisterhood would be without her, and I’m glad that I don’t have to.  Although she didn’t write a blog to share her story, know that every time you read one of mine…a piece of her is in there.  Such a simple moment really did set me up for success.

She allowed God to lead her to ask me a question, and it changed both of our lives for eternity.  Let me ask you a question.  Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?  If you haven’t, today is your day.  Following Christ doesn’t promise rainbows and butterflies, but it does promise security.  Your journeys will be much sweeter when you have the right One to share them with. #wepreach