I have recently been through an 8 week crash course in learning to be a life coach and it has really opened my eyes to a reality of our human condition. We don't like to be told what to do! In fact, in a recent post by one of the teachers of the crash course, he writes, "it goes against human nature to accept someone else’s ideas in place of our own."
Jesus wasn't ignorant of this. I think of all the times that He coached people to discover truth by simply using really good questions.
I am on a new mission to give less advice and trust that by using good questions, people can discover some great solutions for life. Wasn't it James that told us to be "quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry"? Good words there!
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