The young me in my 20s knew, instinctually and biblically, that part of my growth in God needed to include the input of others who’d gone before me … but naturally, as we all often do, I assumed I would find the *best* way to think and see from the *best* sources who would ensure the *best* future growth for me.
I suppose I forgot we are human.
And when I think of it this way: I don’t need a perfect mentor — one who has the answers for all of life. It’s better if I am angled toward finding mentors and leaders and pastors who are reaching for God but who haven’t quite figured it all out, because it keeps me looking to God … the one who makes things grow.
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth” (1 Corinthians 3:6).
