How many times do we blow through time with a friend, spouse, or your children? I’ve begun to realize that I’ve blown through these times without internalizing what is being said or happening. As I sit and listen to preaching ministers, comics and story tellers they use a lot life experiences (both good and bad) to connect with the audience and connect the point of their message.
How about you do you take time to internalize what’s going on around you or just blow through life like it doesn’t matter? Take sometime after reading this post and leave a short comment of some story that happened in your life.
I’ll go first.
I’ve been rereading “They Smell Like Sheep” by Lynn Anderson and one of the chapters is about mentoring. The author talks about how one of the ways mentoring happens is through being the example. As I finished up the chapter and walked out into the living room my daughter was coming out of the bath in her towel and took it of and started to run through the house. Then my son came out in his towel dropped it and started to follow her running around. We all long for some example to follow. The best way we can mentor and build up Christians and leaders is by taking them with us, inviting them over for dinner, or to just watch the game. Let them experience life with you and without even noticing it mentoring and life change with occur.
