THANK YOU PASTOR JIM

What do you think of when you hear "Therefore lift up one another" (1 Thessalonians 5:11)?  I had the unexpected opportunity to have a meeting with a man I consider my MENTOR.   As we talked, I soon became aware that my questions were being answered NON VERBALLY!  I would speak, he would PAUSE, the answer came and I would repeat what I had heard to him.  As we continued to talk, I  realized HE WAS "LIFTING ME UP" to JESUS for the answer.  He was making me depend upon my own relationship with GOD for the answers.  I learned that a MENTOR is someone who is WISE and can be TRUSTED; But they are not THE COUNSELOR!  THANK YOU GOD, THANK YOU PASTOR JIM!