“Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’ Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel” (Ezekiel 37:11-12 [ESV]).
I have a confession. One thing I have always sought after and desired was true connection, community, and friendship. I am also very introverted and struggle with social anxiety. Because of the latter, it has always been a challenge for me to create the connections that I desire. This has left me feeling lonely, isolated, and overwhelmed. It also has led me to forming friendships with people that may have been charismatic and energetic, but not always godly people. And when I became convicted in my walk, I became even more lonely because I felt as if I had lost what little friends I did have. And I did not intend to lose any friends, but that is exactly what happened. No friendship breakups I experienced during this transition were really dramatic or very lively, but they definitely happened. And they all hurt. I felt like I had lost pretty much all of my friends, and the ones I didn’t lose, I felt were no longer close to me. Then I became a mother. And I got even more lonely. And I felt even more isolated.
I was tired of feeling lonely and isolated. So I began to seek out women’s groups that were both locally and online, but I struggled to find my place in them. The biggest reasons were because of the theological teachings- or lack thereof. And I did not feel comfortable in a culture of women who complain about their husbands, consider their children burdens to bear, drink boatloads of wine and call it “mom juice”, and promote things like idolatry, feminism, materialism, idleness, and vanity. Rather, I boldly and fully embrace biblical femininity, motherhood, the nuclear family dynamic, and plenty of other things that are counter-cultural, being that my life is approached from a biblical worldview.
Because of my challenge to find a biblical community where I felt fully welcomed and aligned, I have prayerfully been led to creating this space where women can come together and find community with each other, reviving our dry bones through God’s goodness and truth. Revival Women’s is a community that seeks to encourage, equip, and edify each other as we walk through our marriages and motherhood in fellowship and grow in our faith and intimate relationship with Christ together.
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