It Takes a Village
By: Chelsey DeMatteis "Go into all the world & preach the good news to everyone." - Mark 16:15 Seven years ago, I showed up to my very first Bible study. I didn't know a single person in the room. I had no church community, but what I did have was a heart hoping for guidance and connection. I took that uncomfortable step of obedience and God blessed me by placing my newly saved soul under the teaching of a woman who deeply desired to grow young women in the Word. For the first time in my life, I not only began learning what God's Word said for me, but I learned what true discipleship looked like. I learned why I needed a village of women to walk alongside me. As I sit and pen these words, I've just come out of a season that reminds me again why we all need our village, why we need the body of Christ. In this era, we love the thought of having a village; it sounds amazing to have women encouraging and equipping us with God's truths. But our often filled-to-the-brim schedules don't leave any space for this to happen. The thought of being vulnerable beyond a screen can be paralyzing. Our flesh desires what makes us comfortable, but God calls us to more than comfort. | 
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