Oh, the joy of community

So there's been some cool new developments in my life. Through my friend and coworker Sally I came to meet a new friend named David. Everyone had always said how we were so weirdly alike, and so we met up one night and hung out. It was awesome. I had such a good time, and it felt like the beginning of a fun new friendship. He invited me to come with him last night to a 20-somethings small group bible study. I decided it would be a good opportunity to meet some ladies (oh, and learn about Jesus) lol jk. Haha, I really had been praying about and DESPERATELY needing to establish a new community in my life. Since graduating college and leaving my tight-knit community of friends in InterVaristy Christian Fellowship, I had been missing out on that sense of accountability, encouragement, fun, and laughter. Plus I just really felt alone. I'm kind of lame and a loner contrary to popular belief that I'm cool. lol. I mean, I am cool. But that's for another post at another time... wow, can you tell I'm spacey this morning; I got a whole 4 hours of sleep last night.

Anyway, focusing now.... um, so I managed to find my way to his house where they were having the small group, despite mapquest lying to me. And long story short, it was an AWESOME night! It was so great to hang out with other Christian 20-somethings. I needed to be around others who are in the same season of life as me. I needed that life affirmation and reciprocity. I love the word "reciprocity"; it's fun to say. Go ahead, say it.... see, wasn't that fun?! Okay, focusing again.... And this was SO cool -the guy who led the bible study.....WE WENT TO THE SAME MENS GYMNASTICS ACADEMY BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I walked in and was like, "man, you look so familiar, have we met?" And then it clicked. It was SO random! Like, SO random! I hadn't seen him since 2004! I felt like God had led me to that group that night. And the bible study was really good, and convicting. It was on coveting. Very timely for my life I soon realized. I got a lot out of it.

After it was over I stayed and watched American Idol with David. We had so much fun critiquing the contestants and cheering on our favorites. (and seeing the Glee promos that aired during the commercial breaks! :) And laughing at how David and I really are twins, to the point that we were saying the same things at the same time. lol Oh, and I did share with him my distaste (okay, utter hatred) for cheese. And I'm sure he now thinks I'm a total creeper. lol

So in summary, I got a taste of the joy of community again. And how sweet it was. :) Thank you Lord for new friends and the joy of community.