https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1HEZpbWtCX/?mibextid=UalRPS

The creator of the content in the link above did a great job of showcasing the absurdity of forceful guidance. And this is what many think great leadership looks like.

Our world is in trauma expecting freedom to come through violence.

This shows why we think that name-calling is effective therapy.

This shows why we lean towards harsh coaching and think that it is effective.

This is how we think God is.

This is sad.

We deeply underestimate how much power God has packed into the rare moments of connection to counteract our deeply flawed harsh ways.

Can we even fathom how much more effective healing spaces would be if we intentionally incorporated gentleness?

I’m so grateful that God sees our hearts and compassionately brings Their glory to the room even when we think that barbarous rivers of blood literally or figuratively are what we need to be successful.

From Solomon’s forced labour and barbarous sacrifice, to parents fear tactics to force good behaviour, to hell-fire threatening religious beliefs, to neutral disconnecting aloofness, we are deeply misinformed about how to work together to mine for the gold of love.

But God shows up anyway and magnifies our 30% best.

What if we consciously moved through the struggle to get to gentleness the other 70% of the time?