{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"You Can Mentor: A Christian Youth Mentoring Podcast","title":"237. Am I Qualified? // Mentoring Minute","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":332,"description":"Am I Qualified?\n\nWhen people consider starting a mentoring relationship with a child, one question that seems to always pop up is “Am I qualified?” \n\nAfter all, investing into the life of a child is a big deal.\n\nBut I think we are asking the wrong question. Instead of asking Am I qualified?”, start asking “Am I a couple steps ahead of my mentee?”\n\nIf you are, then you have something to offer. \n\nMentoring is not about having all the answers. It’s about allowing someone to accompany you on the journey of life. It’s about entering into someone else’s world and allowing them to enter into yours. This takes a large amount of courage and humility. \n\nShow them every part of your life. The good and the bad. Let them observe how a Christian handles everything that this world throws at you. \n\nJohn Maxwell said “If you want to impress people, tell them about your successes. If you want to impact people, tell them about your failures.”\n\nAll of us are a work in progress. The goal is not perfection or having all it all figured out. The goal is to become more like Jesus. \n\nI hope you are learning new things in all areas of your life. Professionally. Physically. Relationally. And most importantly, spiritually. \n\n1 Corinthians 11:1 says “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.”\n\nAs a a mentor, following the example of Christ looks like this:\nChrist loved unconditionally.\nHe forgave his enemies. \nHe accepted people, just like they were. \nHe spend time with God the Father\nHe pursued the things of God instead of the things of this world. \n\nSo are you a couple steps ahead of your mentee in life?\nAre you doing your best to follow Christ?\nAre you willing to allow your mentee into your life and give them an example to follow? \n\nIf the answer to all of those questions is “yes”, then I believe you are qualified to mentor. \n\nAnd I am confident that the Lord can use you to poisitvely impact the life of a child. Because the Lord loves to use the most unassuming characters to do...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1Xka3zDiBlBt17bxGFKaPNKtfL4x0Qw6Yce8LqvHcjw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTU4/YTYzZjc5Y2M5NjY4/MTFkZmY0NjExMzM2/Njc1MC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}