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After reviewing the Ten Key Concepts of the Basic Model of SoulCare, reflect on what you are feeling as you anticipate talking to people with these concepts in mind.
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I definitely will be anxious and feeling uncertain if I can do it. It is not easy moving from knowledge of soul care concepts in the head to visualizing the unlimited possibilities for other’s souls. I need to over come the ‘habitual” way of trying to offer advice, be sympatric, or thinking of how to help others to improve their immediate situation. I have to trust that the honesty in reviewing my emotions at the moment, my own brokenness are enablers for me to see the real goodness in others and their potentials in Christ.
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Inadequacy is defiantly the first thing that comes to mind. I do not feel knowledgeable enough to travel through someone’s soul and be affective. I embrace this feeling however as I rely on the Spirit who is adequate. Secondly and similar I feel I am not able yet to follow through with the end result. The end result being stirring up an appetite for God that is stronger then any other. The reason for this feeling being that up until these courses I believe that we were suppose to give the moralism and accountability approach. This is new waters for me and I am excited to partner with the Spirit in entering the battle for another soul.
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I have been sharing with my wife a few of these concepts and am excited to explore them with friends. Most, if not all, of my relationships are surface communication and I realize how important “brokenness” is in the soul care process.
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I feel wistful and contemplative… the longing to experience and practise these concepts is real. There is both desire to experience more of this from others, and also to offer others the gift of curious discovery of who they are versus analytical probing. I look forward to engaging in this course.
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I feel like I have a better, healthier idea of how to talk to people with these concepts in mind. I feel I have a new awareness of how to begin and have an awareness of what not to do as well. There is relief from the idea that I have to “help solve their problem”. I feel more aware of what’s going on inside of me and my motivations. I feel like I have the beginning of a road map to recognizing that God has a vision for what the other person might become and that my role is that of an agent for the Spirit to use to accomplish His purposes in that other persons life and mine.