tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post5752953546189892906..comments2024-02-22T04:58:19.083-08:00Comments on My Reflections: Lewis, Tolkien, and The Power of FriendshipUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20905577.post-26995816732186775982008-01-18T06:09:00.000-08:002008-01-18T06:09:00.000-08:00Encouraging, indeed... We are, each of us, as indi...Encouraging, indeed... We are, each of us, as individuals, raised up by a Sovereign Lord for times such as these not in isolation, but in the context of [one and] an other in community. God gives us to and for one another. <BR/><BR/>As one Navigator friend and mentor characterized it, it is a "life [up]on life" kind of ministry to which we are called in this journey of faith in Christ. We're not in this alone, but together. I remember seminary professor Howard Hendricks saying--Each of us needs a Paul, a Barnabas, and a Timothy at various points in our lives; some one who mentors and builds into us, one to whom we are accountable as peers, and one we mentor--into whose life we can build. I was having a pastoral conversation with a church member along these lines just as recently as yesterday over lunch. We are never really fully aware of the gifts and seasons of callings we may have until God gives us the gift of another to help us reflect and discern well upon these together. In the abundance of counselors there is wisdom; and as iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. <BR/><BR/>I appreciate the timely sense of confirmation and affirmation in your posted blog article. Thank you for a refreshing vignette on two lives of remarkable intelligence in dialogue, lived in love as God's gifts to bless and energize the world with richly spiritual imagination for God's glory and our greater good. <BR/><BR/>Grace and Peace, <BR/>Rex EspirituRev. Rex Espirituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06079887396223352363noreply@blogger.com