Its Girls Night In Time!

Tonight will be the first night this Summer for our Bible study group for teen girls called Girls Night In. My friend M and I started this group last year and we do it during the Summer every other Tuesday night to help the teen girls that we know see what the Bible has to say about the issues they face. M and I alternate turns and tonight is my turn. I always get a lot out of doing these because it forces me to spend a lot of time in the Bible and I usually gain a lot more than I give. I decided to talk about prayer- how to , why you should, the purpose of prayer, etc.. It is a very deep topic and I had to stop myself before it got too long. I just thought I would share a little tidbit of what I realized during this study. Sometimes we pray for things and they don't happen or at least don't happen like we want them to. There could be many reasons for this, but one of the biggest ones is that God's will is different from our will. What we think we want may not be what is best for us. God can see our whole future- He can see the big picture, so He always knows what is the best choice. Think of a baby that wants to put that shiny quarter in it's mouth. The parent takes the quarter away because it is dangerous to the baby. The baby cries and screams because it really wanted that quarter and can't understand that the parent took it away for the baby's own good. That is how God works sometimes. He doesn't give us what we think we want sometimes because He knows it is not what is best for us- even though we cannot understand that. We are His children and He wants to protect us. I just thought that was something to think about for this Bible study. Oh, well- I hope we have a good turn-out, even though 3 of my regular girls are out of town. Oh- it looks like we are going to be able to build in the neighborhood we wanted to build in. Now it just comes down to deciding if that is really it for us and what lots we are interested in-- that is where the prayer comes in!!