This is a reblog from Andrea Buczynski. She has some great thoughts on encouragement. Who needs encouraging? The answer might surprise you…Read on….
Thank you for coming. I wish my director came to visit me.
I was climbing into my car after a visit to one of our local leaders when I heard that last sentence. That year, I heard that same sentence several times. “I wish…” All of the leaders who voiced that thought were successfully leading their teams forward. Who would have thought that they would want a visit? Who would have thought that they needed it?
Not me. They were super confident, each one creatively approaching the mission with vigor, and relishing the opportunities to advance the Kingdom. They slew giants! They did eat problems for breakfast! Who would have thought?
[Read more at:
http://abreflections.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/not-all-needs-are-apparent/