Month 1 Debrief
I learned that “vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.” “It’s a funnel. Open up wide with humility then filter it with integrity and finally pour out courage.”
Fear is…
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
Something I discovered in month 1 was how much God has taught me peace, joy, patience, and gentleness over the course of my life as I have genuinely prayed for this fruits. This year I want learn love. I want to learn to show love and kindness to the most random people. To have the courage to pray for them or speak life into them. The courage to interrupt what I’m doing to love them. And ultimately, that love becomes a natural outpouring of courage rather than a choice I get to make in the moment. Love is a choice but I don’t want it to be. I want love to be who I am. I want it to be my identity. Because love wins.
It’s funny that this came up one night at debrief. Pappy just joking around wouldn’t open the door to our meeting unless you knew the password. Of course nobody knew or had ever known what it was. I just happened to say I love you and Pappy said it had to do with love…soon to discover that it was Love Wins.
Being business minded and always thinking, it’s easy to miss opportunities to show love. I want to be so in tune that I don’t even have to think to show love. And that I learn how to show it in business and all of the settings I am in.
I don’t want to learn to just show it to people I can relate to or types of people I feel closest with or most comfortable with…or ministry people groups I am used to. I want to learn to show love to everyone. Even those that seem the hardest to love.
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self control are the fruits.
Interestingly enough…that same night Isa shared her story and what she wrote down to be vulnerable about. She mentioned 3 things that us guys need to be…loving, patient, and gentle. Love is what I want and love is what I will learn.
Love wins because Love does.
