Discussion Jumpstarter
Study leader reference - not a definitive answer
Question 1
Renee describes her conversion as Christ “faithfully seeking her” when she “wasn’t looking for Him”; how does that framing of God’s pursuit shape the way she later interprets God’s persistence in pressing “uncomfortable” commands like head covering?
Another way to ask: Renee says Jesus found her when she wasn’t looking for Him. How does that idea of God “chasing” her affect how she later understands God pushing her to obey hard commands like head covering?
Discussion Jumpstarter
Direct Answer
Renee’s conversion story makes her see God as the initiator who patiently pursues, so later “uncomfortable” commands feel like the same faithful God slowly, graciously leading her into deeper obedience rather than forcing her.
- She was “raised without any religion or faith,” “wasn’t seeking,” yet Christ “came to her unexpectedly…faithfully seeking her.”
- She says she met the Lord in a “powerful way” and “couldn’t deny His existence,” then “gave my entire life to the Lord.”
- When head covering first came up, she “brushed it off and ignored that scripture,” showing her resistance, not God’s absence.
- She later emphasizes God’s method: “slowly and graciously moved me…a very slow one,” with “a book here and a word there and a prayer answered.”
- She is “so glad nobody was there forcing it,” framing change as God’s patient pursuit rather than pressure.