awhile back, on a friday night at community group, we discussed what true discipleship looks like. many of us have had different experiences in the institutional church with discipleship or being mentored by someone, so we came together wanting to know what biblical discipleship looks like.
we came to this conclusion: biblical discipleship is sharing life with someone... not necessarily in scheduled moments to go through a book about God, or reading our Bibles (although that is GREAT!) but rather going through LIFE together and learning through life experience, who God is and who he desires us to be.
it's cool that discipleship isn't just an older person mentoring a young person... it's a two way street.
real and effective discipleship is like an oreo cookie... the mentor and person being mentored are like the two cookies, and the life and experiences they share become all that creamy goodness inbetween... its the best part!
pry those cookies apart, and both come away carrying parts of that filling... parts of those experiences and moments that they've shared, stuck on them.
the one being discipled isn't the only one who is left changed and impacted from that relationship and those times shared... the discipler is changed as well.
now... go get a box of oreos and a glass of milk (i have no cool metaphor for the milk, though) and go share life with a friend...
it'll do The Body of Christ some good.
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