Heart Sisters Book Club: Chapter 3

SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND

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Natalie begins the chapter with a story of a move from a place where she had friends and support to a place where she was all alone.  Before, she had friends who "got" her and lived life with her on an almost daily basis.  Now, she was all alone and having to start over.  She had a choice to make.

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"I could plug in or pull out."

If she stayed isolated, she would remain isolated.  But as we have learned already, God made us to be relational.  Eventually, we are going to need friends.

If we find ourselves in a situation like Natalie was in, we need to step out in courage and humility and put ourselves in a position to make friends.  This might be joining a MOPS group, being a part of the neighborhood Bunco group, or serving in a ministry at church.  For those of us who are introverts, this could be more of a challenge, but we still need to do it.

In this chapter, Natalie suggests 7 types of friends we should consider including our lives.  She calls them the Super Seven Sisters.

1.  Rahab - Bold / Speaks up when you can't
2. Mary - Trustworthy and a prayer warrior
3. Deborah - Wise and a strong leader
4.  Naomi - Older and more spiritually mature / a mentor
5.  Ruth - Loyal and unwavering
6.  Bathsheba - Has a balance of truth and grace in the hard times
7.  Elizabeth - The encourager

In addition, she added that we may have different groups of friends - online, real-life, "Narrow Path", mentor/mentee, and ministry friends.  We can have a variety of friends from different groups, but we need to be careful with the online group.  While it is perfectly fine to have online friends, we need to make sure that there are real-life friends we can go to for wisdom, support, and love.  That is encouragement especially for us introverts because we can so easily hide behind our computers and be comfortable there. 

"We don't ever grow if we stay where it is easy and comfortable, do we?"

Finally, Natalie encourages us at the end of the chapter to "stay in the game."  Heart sister relationships don't happen overnight, and we will need patience as our relationships grow.  We need to be encouraged to stay the course, choose our relationships over conflict, forgive, love, and be the friend we want to have.

Join us here again Tuesday, June 11th, 2015 for chapter four!
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Written by Ginny.