Sometimes encouragement looks like patience
KINDLE Strand: Leadership of Leaders
KINDLE Practice: 5. Encourage One Another
Celebrate and recognize accomplishments that help achieve the vision and mission.
I totally get that part of leading leaders is encouraging them: watching for the things they do that demonstrate excellence or clearly contribute to mission and telling them how great they are. This quote from John Piper makes me think that sometimes, though, encouragement looks like patience: pointing out to leaders that the failure or frustration they are experiencing will be used by God for good.
The strength of patience hangs on our capacity to believe that God is up to something good for us in all our delays and detours.
Is there a leader you can encourage today? I have two in mind…
Tags: John Piper
