Being that old, kind, patient soul…

The people I respect the most in the world are kind to their bone, they ooze patience, they seem to have wisdom that only someone truly wise would have, and typically the most prominent feature they posses are their ears.

Me, I’m not like that, I to often let my emotions get the best of me, they drive the proverbial car of my life all to often. I react with my mouth because of my emotions rather than listening with my ears and waiting to see the reality of the current situation. I lack patience with my wife but have an abundance of self that I can’t seem to get rid of fast enough. As far as my ears go they get overpowered most of the time by my mouth, who always seems to wants more time than my ears. And wisdom… I’m not sure I have any of that.

I‘m thinking about this today because I am once again thinking about how much I wish I had a few men in my life who would invest in me, who would pour into my life, who would see potential, who would want to enter into a mentor relationship. Now I have a few guys who I am connected with that I speak to occasionally and might even consider them mentors of a sort. But a true spiritual guide, an invested mentor…

In my head when I think of a mentor I think of that person who sits back in their chair (probably a cool rocking chair, right) listening, waiting for the opportune time to say that one short sentence that will speak into my soul. And once they have spoken the right words at the right time, not to much and not to little I would just sit back and feel as if I have been lead. Lead to be a little more like the person I hope to be. Kind, patience, wise, and ready to follow Jesus a bit better than I did the day before.

I’m sure the ideal mentoring relationship might not exist.  But I pray I would find something close someday. I also pray that I could be someone who even resembles a little bit of that in someone’s life, to be a mentor.

Just thinking about the kind of people I respect, the kind of person I hope to be, the kind of relationships I long for. 

Someday…