培育者的故事

As Parents nurture children,Paul brought Timothy to the Lord and brought him around in missionary journeys to build him up with his own stories.

From the Two Timothy letters,Paul's stories to Timothy in discipleship including 5-fold sharings:

His conversion stories (I Tim 1:12-16)
His being sent stories (I Tim 2:7, II Tim 1:11)
His suffering stories (II Tim 1:8-12)
His present stories (II Tim 4:6-15)
His anticipated / future stories (II Tim 4:16-18)

Our reflections in ministry:

Any fresh stories to tell in our lives to the one we are following ?
Are we hiding our own weaknesses to tell the stories ?
To grow we have to tell stories and being courageous to tell.

A recent study among 954 primary 5-6 students of their ratings of parents' stories:

Duration,Silence,Q & A < 10 % (9.1% / 9.2% / 9.9 %)
Content,Liveliness,Sweetness 10-20 % (16.9% /15.8% / 13.5%)
Patience and Readiness > 20 % (26.6%)

Patience and readiness is the highest among these ratings!
We need patience to bring up our Timothies.