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Mystery Revealed, Mystery Remains

Some faiths are just too mysterious. Christianity is unique in having a mystery, that can be revealed to us, whereupon we discover the mystery still exists. Although something is unique, it doesn't mean it's truth though, just take a look at Scientology... Anyway, that was a side track. The mystery of Christianity is revealed to us when we accept Christ. Romans 16:25-27, "Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all nations might believe and obey him- to the only wise God be the glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen." Colossians 1:24-27, "Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have become its

Mentor/Mentored

Raw thought bubbling in my mind. Concepts and theorems yet unresolved. Topics that have been brewing on the back burner for weeks. What follows is surely unstructured and unorganized, but may be interesting too. This describes some of the heart of my blogging. So, mentor relationships. The surest way to know when mentoring is as complete as it will get, is the point when the mentored desires to give back to the mentor in an emotional form. In a mentor/mentored relationship it's a given that the mentor will give emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and in knowledge and wisdom. All because of their greater maturity, understanding, and desire to help a young sprout grow. The mentored usually acknowledges this fact, but doesn't really understand the ramifications, and as such, craves this relationship in which the other side is only to happy to give obligingly. What's important to know is that no relationship apart from mentor/mentored should be like this. It's unrealistic