TRUSTING THE MENTORS OF YOUR LIFE

TRUSTING THE MENTORS OF YOUR LIFE


God was the MENTOR-
Of his SON=Jesus=and Jesus
TRUSTED his Father implicitly


What a WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP=
When we TRUST
OUR mentors like that


TRUSTING so much=that you
Would GIVE your life
For someone=AS JESUS DID


BECAUSE his Father=asked him
To give his life for us=
As he in fact=DID


“But I tell you the TRUTH
It is BETTER for you=
That I go” John 16:7


I UNDERSTAND these words=there
Is ALWAYS a time=when it is TIME
For the mentor=to move on


NOT necessarily always a physical departure=
But TIME when the student=is READY
To move on with their life's work


The MENTOR has prepared the student
As much as humanly possible


THIS was true=
Of Jesus and the apostles=and it is TRUE=
Of a parent and a child=a teacher and a student=
And a disciple=from his TEACHER


There COMES a time=
WHEN a mentor has PREPARED
The student=as much as possible


There comes a time=when
We MUST TAKE what
We have learned=and FLY


TRUSTING YOUR MENTOR=you will KNOW
When you are as PREPARED
As you can be


“They will
Have NO FEAR of bad news


Their hearts are steadfast=
TRUSTING in the Lord” Psalm 112:7


“STOP TRUSTING
In mere humans


Who have a breath
In their nostrils
WHY-hold them in esteem?” Isaiah 2:22


“But look-
You are trusting-
In DECPTIVE WORDS=
That are worthless” Jeremiah 7:8


That is something
We DON'T have to worry
About with our mentors=”WORTHLESS WORDS”


THEY are ALWAYS giving us=
Positive=CONSTRUCTIVE=ENCOURAGING WORDS=
Words to PREPARE us to move on


GOD did it for his SON=Jesus=
Jesus did it for his apostles=
And FOR US


And WE do it for those
Who are FOLLOWING us
In this life


Even IF/when it is time
To move on=there is a SUSTAINING BOND
Between a guide and his disciple=
And it LASTS FOREVER


I FEEL it with God
I feel it with Jesus
I feel it with MY OWN PARENTS


THERE it is=a CYCLE of life
And this BOND is forever and ever


It can't be seen=but it is=
ALWAYS THERE


If OUR MENTOR=has prepared
Us well=we are READY
To FLY when called upon


Like the APOSTLES were=
After Jesus' death


LIKE we are in life=we FLY
THROUGH the Holy SPIRIT of God


“GUIDE ME in your truth-
And teach me-
For you are GOD-MY SAVIOR


And my HOPE is in you
ALL DAY LONG” Psalm 25:5


“But when he=
The SPIRIT OF TRUTH comes
He will GUIDE YOU
Into ALL the truth


He will-
NOT speak of his own
He will speak
ONLY what he hears


And he will tell you
WHAT IS YET TO COME” John 16:13


So my friends=REMAIN=
TRUSTING of your mentors


God=our LOVING FATHER=
Jesus=the LOVING SON=
And the MENTORS of your life


They will NEVER lie to you=
Or deceive you
Or let you down


REMAIN TRUSTING=
IN the mentors of your LIFE


I have=they have NEVER let me down
In Jesus' name=forever and ever=amen


Robert P. Wallman
5-22-17





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B.