Balcony People

July 10, 2006

Last Thursday Laurie shared with us the concept of balcony people vs. basement people. Balcony people are those individuals who encourage and affirm us while basement people are those individuals who drag us down through discouragement and unconstructive criticism.

Balcony people are more than just encouragers; they are the individuals who see who we are in Christ and they hold us to that standard. Sometimes their words may be hard to hear, but they’re always shared in love and with the goal of building us up and helping us to live the life we have been called to live.

The number of people in our balcony is limited. Not everyone can be a balcony person in our life – no matter how much we want them there. True freedom comes when we stop looking for the basement people in our lives to be in our balconies.

We all need to recognize and appreciate the balcony people in our lives and strive to live as balcony people to others.

This week Chris Ward from Chapel Hill Fellowship will talk to us about being teachable. See you all Thursday!

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