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If you go out to dinner and bring home the leftovers, do you make it a point to finish them later in the week? Some of us make a point to gobble them up the next day for lunch, while others forget about them and they ultimately go to waste. A restaurant isn't the only place you can find leftovers. Did you know that after a farmer harvests their crop, there is still a lot leftover that isn't harvested? Only, what's leftover isn't always wasted.

In the Bible, it talks about how farmers would let the poor come and pick up the leftovers to feed themselves. This process was called gleaning — gathering leftover crops from someone else. It also talks about gleaning from others spiritually, which would be gaining wisdom from someone who has lived experience. We have the great opportunity to learn from other followers of Jesus and glean from their experiences with Jesus. The Bible is full of examples where one person teaches another.

Have you ever gleaned an important lesson about Jesus from someone?