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Now and Not Yet: Pressing in When You're Waiting, Wanting, and Restless for More
Your right now matters. Discover how to press in and not check out.
Do you ever feel like your present moment is so far from where you really long to be? Do you ever struggle with embracing your right now because you are so focused on the future?Too often, we feel disappointed with our "right now"—our life circumstances, our relationships, our lack progress towards our dreams and goals, our daily grind. We want to do so many things—good, godly things—but our situations don't allow us to step into them.
In Now and Not Yet, bestselling author and artist Ruth Chou Simons has a powerful message for you when we're restless in our current season of life and just waiting—waiting to get beyond the pain, waiting for God to show up, waiting to get to tomorrow—she reminds you that it's okay to not like the right now we've been given, but we don't have to like it to lean in.
Join Ruth as she shares a beautiful invitation for us to:
Embrace the biblical truth that someday is made up of thousands of right nows
Discern how the difficult parts of our lives are actually a unique gift from God by discovering five ways to flip the script on a hard season
Stop feeling trapped when we're not where we want to with guided liturgies for what we are facing today
Live faithfully in the tension between what is and what is not yet
Now and Not Yet will help us see that our right now matters. And we can choose to press in and not check out. With deep compassion, Ruth will help us see how God is profoundly present, how He wastes nothing, how He’s active and using this exact moment for the very purposes he's calling us to.
We will read 2 chapters each week and discuss in class. For the first class on April 7 or April 8, please read the Introduction and Chapters 1 & 2 and come prepared to discuss. Here is a link to order the book on Amazon: Now and Not Yet.
Tuesday Morning Study:
April 7-May 5
10 AM • South Campus • Room 100
Childcare is available for Nursery age children, but you must register with Brooke Mosby, our Nursery Director. Her email address is bmosby @second.org. Cost for childcare will be $30 for the class.
Wednesday Evening Study:
April 8 - May 6
6:30PM • Room 104
Childcare is available for Nursery age children, but you must register with Brooke Mosby, our Nursery Director. Her email is bmosby@second.org. You may register your older children for AWANA with Michelle Clark, our Children's Director. Her email address is mclark@second.org.