As you know, I love it here.
Since I moved I have also been realizing this mess of a ministry God is showing me I have. The ministry of singleness.
By no means do I feel called to singleness. I know there are girls that have that calling - and in my mind they are brave, amazing women. But I'm starting to see how God can use my singleness for his glory.
Until last month I thought being single meant I was useless. I had no idea God not only wanted me in this "relationship status," but he wanted to USE me in it.
At community group last Tuesday night I was talking to a lady whose daughter is 26, single and struggling with it. She gave me her daughter's number and said we should get together. I texted her and we made plans to grab coffee on Saturday.
I chicken out a lot. If we set up a coffee date or dinner or plans to do something, I will probably want to cancel for the entire 12 hours before. I might even type out a text canceling, and then erase it. I am a homebody and introvert in disguise. If there's anything moving once a year has taught me is that the only way to not be lonely, is to leave the house. So I'm working on it.
That morning I resisted the urge to find an excuse to cancel. I showed up to meet a gal for coffee that I've never even seen before. There was the awkward, "Are you Brittany?"conversation, and then from then on it was wonderful. And we both had a good giggle that her mother had set her up on a blind date with a girl.
We went to a super cute coffee shop, shared a flat bread pizza, and became friends. God is so, so good. He is meeting me right where I am and putting people in my life who I can relate to, instead of being jealous of. He is showing me His glory instead of allowing me to wallow in my insufficiencies.
He also totally uses the way to my heart to take me out of my comfort zone - coffee.
