Being a Mentor

Jesus made His style of mentoring clear:

 “If anyone will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me” (Matthew 16:24-26). Christian mentoring is a process dependent upon submission to Christ. Neither the mentor nor the candidate controls the relationship. As such, the process is best characterized by mutual sharing, trust, and enrichment as the life and work of both participants is changed. The mentor serves as a model and a trusted listener. The mentor relies on the Holy Spirit to provide insight, change lives, and teach through the modeling process.  

Ask yourself are you capable of being a mentor to someone?  Would you want to be?  Is it possible that you are and not know it?!  Is there someone who claims to be but doesn't seem good at?

 All of those questions speak to me. But then I think to myself how do I get there?  How do I know better and be a better mentor?  Should I step up and be a mentor to the youth?  Then I think if someone wants me involved they will involve me.  Then I also think, how are you going to be involved if you don't get yourself involved.  The struggles we have within ourselves sometimes are the worst struggles because we end up beating up ourselves and we miss out on life.  

I work on myself everyday to try and be a better person, some days I succeed and some days I fail.  But I keep going at it and I know God is there with me.  I think my mistakes that I make can be great for being a mentor, the things I have done in my past would be great to discuss with some.  I just have to get there.  

Last question how do I become a mentor like Jesus?  Think of that question and keep trying to answer it.

Have a blessed day

Jocelyn