Leonard's Enroute

Recently I learnt...


1. that I need to give people the permission to fail. I seem to be more patient with myself than other people.


2. that its easier to be patient with people when you know they are also being patient with you.


3. that sometimes I love God only to the degree I feel he loves me. That at the end of the day, my love for God is not centred on His infinite value but that He makes me feel good about myself.

I love God in a self-centred way. Which makes me an (oxy)moron.


4. that by the grace of God and the passion of a people committed to a cause, nothing is impossible.


5.that fixing my eyes on Jesus requires discipline. I need to train my spiritual eye to focus on Jesus and not on the worries of the world.


6.that I am only as close to God as I choose to be


7. that discouragement is a result of seeing something in a negative way.


8. that simply being positive encourages people around me.


9. that I became a better leader the day I gave up trying to prove myself.


10. that prayer takes hold of the invisible and fasting lets go what is visible.


11. that repeating a matter separates even the closest friends.


12. that running a ministry with 20 people is very different from running one with 50. It requires a new courage, new perspectives and greater reliance on God and Teamwork.


13. that great leaders get more out their people because they think more of their people. They see what their people can become.