From getting to go and be the hands and feet in Baltimore Maryland for the Southern Baptist Pastors Conference, to camp in the middle of no where with hundreds of students hungry and broken for The Lord, to doors opening for me to relocate to follow my call into ministry. The Lord is good.
Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent.
During all these opportunities and open doors, looking back the most important thing I had through it all is the counsel of older godly women I have in my life. Without them, there is no way I could stand strong through this. Spiritually, mentally, emotionally, or physically.
Because God is Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, He uses other people to speak into our lives.
That being said, if I could give you only one piece of advice for life, I would say that you should have a mentor or two in your life and a group of women (or for guys, men) who can give you advice both for the world and for your faith walk.
In Baltimore I was blessed by about 7-10 women who have been walking with The Lord much longer than I have. I had the opportunity to ask them that same question I just answered for you "if you could give me only one piece of advice for life, what would it be?" That one question blessed my life.
I got some awesome answers, which I had no idea that I could or would need to use so quickly in life.
Ask questions.
Be adventurous.
Put your hope in The Lord only.
Be still and wait on The Lord.
God is not surprised, remember that.
All of these answers came from women that I can now go to for anything. That one simple question bridged my heart to theirs and it opened the door for more godly guidance and counsel in my life.
If you try to walk through your Christian life alone, you will surely fall. There is a real enemy seeking to stop you every second of every day, and you cannot defeat him alone.
Many of you have a counsel of people in your life that are close in age to you, and that is great, but nothing is sweeter in those struggling moments then having somebody who has walked through them walk with you, tell you how they got through it and how you will too.
If you don't have a mentor, seek one. Not an earthly family member, but an older spiritual mother (or father, guys) in Christ. It will be one choice you will never regret. Also, seek counsel from older women (or men, guys) and ask them questions. Ask them that one question, "if you could give me one piece of advice for life, what would it be?" I promise it will bless your life.
Praying that mentors will be found and counsels will be set into place, because without counsel plans fail but with many advisers they succeed.
-B
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