As I look at this title today, I am thinking about what happens when we multiply two numbers together, we get bigger numbers; the correlation is the same; when we love the way Jesus loved us numbers increase. In today's society we have seen and heard often of the generational gap, of how we are losing the young people. Could it be that we have missed the boat, we have not loved and taught the way we should.
In a message by Dr. Rex Major, last week at Grace Community Church, he challenged the congregation to look outward. He said that everyone has become with themselves and the problem of SELF- IDOLATRY is permeating our society. Think about that in mathematical terms; 1x1=1.
In the scriptures we are told to love one another and more specifically to women that w are to teach the younger women. i have said this before and will continue to say it; the world has no problem teaching the youths, so we can sit by and let their thoughts, ideas, morals and agendas win or we can join the war and fight for our people.
One example I will give; in the life of my daughter for instance, there came a time in our relationship where she needed to hear that other women believed the same way I was and so I deliberately set out to place other older women in her life, who could mentor her and help. I knew these women and knew their beliefs. We did life together, so there was a trust level in place. One such woman was Erin. Erin, whom I love you so much. We met in her mid-twenties when she and her new husband Zawadi moved into our neighborhood. We spent alot of time together.
I helped her out as a new wife, to navigate the home, a husband and work. She in turn poured into my daughter. they would have Saturday dates and Audra knew I trusted Erin and so she felt free to talk to her about things that were happening in her life. In later years, I would share with Audra how I wanted other older women to speak into her life. That relationship with Erin and Zawadi multiplied and grew to numbers still unknown.
Another is Keema, we met at a crisis pregnancy center. She and her husband Tom were about to have their fourth child and were new to the area. We cared and loved them as our family. Today, as we speak, my daughter is with them and their five children doing life and they have taken her in and mentoring her, and in turn she is loving their five children. Another example of the multiplication by love in action.
Look at your life and see if you can identify the examples of multiplication by love; I know of other peoples' stories but don't have permission to share them and so I shared mine. Their are people who need us to really out and touch them, to love them, to mentor them.
How many people are you mentoring today? In the words of my spiritual father; Selah! Think and Act on these things
