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Mentoring Lessons- Resilience

DAY 2 OF 5

Mistakes Are Opportunities to Learn

What do you do with your mistakes and failures?

I was a new believer at university. My sports director was spiritually motivated, and so with his encouragement, I pioneered a network of athlete believers who met regularly.

What do I remember most about this time? My many mistakes! I apologized. I continued the work and I continued to make mistakes. It was an ongoing process – failing, learning, failing, learning.

I discovered that I needed to learn important things, like how to share my faith with others one-to-one, how to lead a Bible study for athletes, how to teach believing athletes to share their faith, and how to explain the role of the Holy Spirit in our faith walk with Jesus. I learned to do all of these by making mistakes and trying again.

In another season I spent time visiting a prisoner who was guilty of a serious crime. Was this my calling? No, but it taught me about prisoners and their needs. Again, I made mistakes but learned through them.

At different times in my life, I have had to learn all sorts of new things, including how to eat food I had never seen before, how to host a formal event, how to organize a conference, how to introduce myself to people I didn’t know, and much more.

There is always so much to learn. I’m not going to be good at everything, but as I learn new things and sometimes fail, I am developing healthy ways to grow from my mistakes. What I learn also helps me mentor others.

Scripture to Ponder: Psalm 37:24

Though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

Humbly apologize when you make a mistake. Learning from your mistakes is one of the most powerful ways to learn.

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Mentoring Lessons- Resilience

Being resilient is to not give up... to believe every situation is redeemable. This 5-day mentoring lesson plan helps us discover what resilience means from experiences gained with mission work in the sports movement. The diverse stories are subtle, simple, and unique as they help readers get a clear perspective on being resilient.

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