I watched a video recently by a
well-known ventriloquist (who inspired me) that told of his mentor. Anyway, he
had met a man that custom made his first ventriloquist figure just for him.
This dummy was also the last that this craftsman made. They formed a friendship that lasted until
the craftsman passed away. This
craftsman and the ventriloquist had a special relationship.
How exciting to have a
mentor! But recently I learned the
excitement of being a mentor. How
exciting it was to build a puppet for a teenager in my church who wanted to
learn ventriloquism! He is excited and
is practicing daily to become a Gospel ventriloquist, too. And I pray he becomes a much better Gospel ventriloquist
than I have ever been.
I hope that this teenager and I
could have that special bond of mentor and mentee. Jesus mentored the disciples
and formed a special relationship with them.
Paul mentored all those he met on his missionary journeys. In like
manner, I am to be a mentor. The scary
thought is that I inadvertently mentor people, sometimes in a negative
manner. My prayer for today is that I be
God’s mentor for others.
“Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and
seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.” Philippians 4:9.
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