Mentors

Who is a mentor? There are three different ways ladies have been a mentor to me lately.

One lady has touched the practical side giving me wonderful ways and ideas to implement spending quality time with my children each day, teaching my children to work, ect. She also has invested time into me . . . talking with me, sending meals over and showing me that she cared.

The other lady doesn't know she is my mentor. We don't talk very often, but I see from "afar" her dependancey on God. I see shadows under her eyes at times, I see tears of repentance for her own willful ways, I see a pure heart, I see a loving heart opening up her home to children other than her own when she could say "I already have my hands full." I hear her speak of Colossians 1:11 "Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness . . ." and say how much this means to her right now. I've seen her tired as all get out and yet abounding, I've seen her pick up her Bible at any possible moment and gather strength even when her body cries for sleep . . .

I've just had glimpses into her life, but it has been enough to spur me on. It touches my heart to see her live out in the day to day activities of mothering these verses that God surely meant for us moms!

Sunday evening we were talking about mentors at church and one lady shared that the biggest mentor in her life was her mother watching her spend time with the Lord and watching her go "into her closet" to pray. And her life examplified that that time was well spent . . . Her face radiated, her walk was Godly. What a challenge for me!

I praise God for living examples!