Well, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with friends and family. I was able to spend some time with my family in the mountains of New Mexico and had a wonderful time. Prior to this trip I was able to spend some time assisting a struggling friend of mine (physically, emotionally and spiritually) with some contract labor. He has fallen behind and things just are not going well for him. I decided to spend four days getting him caught up. At first he did not like the idea, but he finally agreed to let me work with him, no charge of course. My goal here was to be able to serve as a spiritual mentor for this man. I believe he needed to know that someone cares. We talked about life while painting houses, preparing rentals for new tenants and putting up new fencing. I learned that alcohol was a real problem for him and that he has had several days where he did not work, which explains how he got so far behind with his bids. In these four days, I spent time trying to figure out how to best mentor him spiritually. Although I don’t have all the answers here, I am going to continue to be a mentor for him by listening and waiting for those prompts from the holy spirit to speak through me.
In my devotion time, I am continuing to learn how to grow into the man that God created us to be. In 2 Timothy 1:6-7 I am reminded that fear is not a natural spirit that we were born with. Verse 7 states “for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of POWER, and of LOVE and of SOUND MIND”. I believe that what this is telling me specifically is that I am made to be powerful in my thought life, finances, relationships. I will continue to trust the prompts and thoughts since I have the spirit of SOUND MIND given to me by God. Fear on the other hand just has the opportunity to breed more fear. I will look at situations differently knowing that I don’t need to be afraid, but rather trust that my sound mind and the powerful nature of God that is in me is enough to go through any situation.
Thank you for reading and God Bless. Happy Thanksgiving.