“You have to do your own growing no
matter how tall your grandfather was.” -Abraham Lincoln
In my undergrad I took a writing class
with a professor who was incredibly gifted in teaching. There was just one problem; she was snarky,
snobby, and sarcastic. If a
student was looking for a professor that would stroke their ego and tell them
how smart they were then they had the wrong woman. On the contrary she made many people feel stupid and put
down. As a result of this many students
dropped out of her class. I
concluded that the knowledge I could gain from this woman was well worth the
verbal abuse that I might have to sit through. I wanted to grow.
Often times we must be intentional about
growing, subjecting ourselves to forces that can help us, and this can be very
uncomfortable. What you need isn’t
always a mentor that will coddle you, but one that will critique you. To be a grower you will need thick skin so that your heart
and mind can receive the benefits you are sure to gain.
But
grow in the grace and knowledge… (2 Peter 3:18, NLT).
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