Thinking further, I think 2008 has been a crucial year in helping me understand human nature and the human condition better. Because of all the roller-coaster experiences I went through, especially in relationships, I think God has given me a lot of very valuable practical experience and insights, which will be very helpful in counselling and encouraging and building up disciples after His own heart.
Often we look so much at changing the behaviours of a person, but if only we really stopped to take a closer look, and to listen more carefully... we'd be able to discern that small cry of the heart that lies underneath. Then we would be able to help lead that soft, still heart to Jesus, that great Shepherd, and that heart would finally find its rest in Him.
It is so important to understand that people almost always do something for a reason, even if that reason is wrong. And it's not only a case of isolating the "root attitude" as so many of us like to say... because attitudes have values as their roots. And our task as disciple-makers is to discover that value, and help the person to replace his worldly values with godly values. Because we are transformed by the renewing of our minds.
Melissa Chen, the hardcore Singapore basher (Part I – Amos Yee)
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Melissa Chen, a Singapore national based in the United States, is a
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