To have a great life you need to spend time with great people! Sometimes we can find great and fascinating people around us at the office or church. We should seek to spend time with them - take them to lunch, get involved in their small group, or invite them to dinner. Find out what makes them tick! Find out the disciplines and motivations of their lives. See if there is anything from their lives which you can add to yours.
Another profitable way to spend time with great people is through reading biographies. This has been one of favorite hobbies. Through biographies I can interact with heroes from the past like William Jennings Bryan, Benjamin Franklin, Eric Liddell and Herbert Hoover (we share a birthday). Not that I agree with everything about them, but I can learn from their strengths and weaknesses. I can see how they made their mark on history, how they dealt with failure and success, and how they made life changing decisions. This is certainly true of the people of the Bible. Abraham, David, Paul. We truly see many bad and good examples in how they lived their lives. Obviously, Jesus is the ultimate mentor. There is no excuse for not spending time with great people when we have biographies to inspire and challenge us.
What people through biographies have influenced your life? Do you have special people you spend time with today who help you be "great"?
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