Small Groups

Our church is new to the whole small group idea. We have been meeting once a month on the last Friday at someone's house. We're divided up into small groups (obviously) and we get rotated around, so that we are getting to know lots of people in our church better, not just 3 or 4 of the same families. We have food, a mini-Bible study/discussion time and lots of fellowship. Isn't fellowship such a Baptist word? But I hate not to use it because what is the alternative? Talking? (So much more than that) Gossiping (No!) Visiting (More than that too). I'll stick with fellowship. Fellowship-communion, as between members of the same church. Yes, fellowship.
Anyway, what a good time a fellowship, study and snacking we did have. It was my first small group by myself. I was a little nervous if I would feel like a 5th wheel, so to speak, but I didn't. The kids played perfectly with their friends (thanks to Leah and Nina monitoring the kids), I got to visit with some of my favorite people (Especially Mrs. Judy...enough said!). Bro Hal was in our group so the discussion was deep, meaningful and very applicable to life...especially mine right now. The evening ended with Bro Hal playing the guitar in the living room and singing some songs he composed. I didn't even know he played. I felt overwhelmed with a feeling of comfort and peace all at the same time.
I thank God that my first weekend alone in this house without any visiting company to support me, I've been really busy. We had small small last night, we have a birthday party today and then our cooking group trades meals this afternoon. I'll tell you more about that later. Anyway, so far I've survived my first "real life" Friday as a single mom. It honestly still seems like a bad dream and I'm going to wake up and everything will go back to the way it was. I know it won't and for the first time I'm ready to say that I'm glad it won't. Everything makes sense in retrospect, of course and I see now how I'm better off alone than being deceived. To some it might be a toss up, but I choose the truth. "And the truth shall set you free..."