1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction,

Everything in life that happens to us, if recorded and shared in some way, can be instructional for the people we lead.

There is no point “fighting the good fight” if people don’t benefit from it.

A warrior never benefits from going into battle. Those that benefit are those that stay at home safe and sound.

In our lives and with our lives we are living letters of grace under fire–we are exhibiting the ability to live victoriously in an increasingly challenging and broken world.

Authenticity is not just our ability to connect with people but to share with people. And not just to share the victorious, but to share the challenges.

Authentic relationships are not built on the things that you are comfortable sharing, but on the things that make you most vulnerable.

Intimacy…..Into-me-see.

Only when we allow others to look into our lives, and when we have been given a privilege to look into theirs, do we truly start to know them. And knowing someone is the starting point of loving them.

If I use my life–the good, the bad and the ugly–my strengths, my weaknesses, and my failings as an example, then these events are no longer tools in the hand of the enemy to condemn us, but lessons in the hand of God to help others.

…just a thought.

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