Vaulable Lessons for Success
One of the most valuable lessons you will ever learn is to remain teachable. Learning is essential for potential, and what you learn is critical for proper growth and balance. One of the main reasons for failed marriages, unsuccessful businesses, bankruptcy, or simply failing miserably as a human being is the lack of mentorship or the inability to maintain a wholesome relationship with a well-mature, informed Father figure.
Please do not misconstrue what was actually intended as to think that I am undermining the wisdom of a mother. I am simply pointing out the value of a father men-tutor. The wisdom of those you can pull from is priceless. When you have learned how to listen without judgment or interrupting the conversation before the person has completed their sentence, it is a sure sign that you have embraced the first principle of learning.
The second principle is follow-through: Being able to do what was suggested without making assumptions. After hearing the advice from a qualified source, most people over process the information or attempt to interpret the meaning of the message as though the person was speaking in secret code. This objectionable behavior leads to confusion, frustration, and anger.
I have truly only had three mentors during my lifetime who were responsible for helping mold and shape my character and to develop a sense of purpose. Their pouring wisdom instruction into me is forever with me although two of them have gone to be with the Lord. Each person came at certain periods of my life when it was necessary for me to grow; or I could have possibly withered on the vine and dropped off before my time.
However, God always has a plan and that plan comes in pieces and broken paragraphs. I know you may want to ask, what do you mean by pieces and broken paragraphs? Simply this, oftentimes the fragments are identified as parts of the puzzle for your future. The broken paragraphs are the words given to advise you on what to do and how to prepare for only the next stage of your life. The entire picture cannot be viewed in one huge frame. Life can only be viewed one frame at a time.
Mentorship helps to shorten your learning process. What it took your mentor to learn in 20 years, you can embrace it and perform it in 30 minutes. Learn to listen. Embrace a God-sent mentor!
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Praise the name of the Lord! Thank you Dr. Brown for the word, I`m so glad that you have me in your mind and your prayer. Everytime I meet some military soldier, I always mention about your church and I gave them a map. Thank you so much Dr. Brown. I`m hoping to hear from you again. I always love you.Your are awesome. God bless you from the bottom of my heart.
Danny Saloma
Dr. Brown you bring a good point in this post. I can speak for myself, I got a lot to learn and bring through for myself. Ever since I change my life to follow Christ the journey has not been easy. It’s been difficult and different from the world I was in. Now I can say my life is uncommon and is hard to just get advice from anyone. I do seek guidance and help from elders at the church, but I must stop being so close in order for this people to pour into me. I know I need it in order for me to continue to grow and not fall from the tree my branch is placed in it. It easy to be misguided from fake people in this world now in days and I must become wiser, my kids need it and I do too.
One of the greatest compliments I ever received was from a dear older woman who told me I had a “teachable spirit.” I have never forgotten the lessons I learned from her and other wise mentors over the years, including Dr. Brown. Another gift of a spirit-led mentor is the ability to confirm what you “feel” God is leading you to do. When God sends you the same message through multiple sources – you know the path He has for you.
I have not valued mentorship in the past. I used to feel as though that person did not understand my situation or my capabilities. Thank God I have learned! I now know that I was the one who did not know what I was capable of and my refusal to adhere to sound advice hurt me and my family.
I read everything that you wrote and I believe that is true, but when you have grown up in a house with all women and one brother, there was only wisdom from women. The men who had great wisdom in our family had died. The churches that I was apart of, I found only who was like a father to and he actually did pour into my life. He was a great man and a true man of God. I learned so much from him in those years that I was always around him. He really was like a father to me and he was also my pastor.
I believe that you are that kind of man that can really make a difference in my life and you already have. Your teachings and words seem to reach where I have talked to the Lord and have received an answer. I believe that I will continue to learn from as long as I listen to what the Spirit is saying. He always has something to say through you that continues to give me courage and strength to continue. Thank you for listening to God and imparting those things into my life. You will never know how much you have helped me.