"Who Helps You Grow?"
Who Helps You Grow?
The Kingdom Corner | Reading Room
Who in your life encourages you, challenges you, and helps you become more than you are today?
In this Reading Room episode, we continue exploring Chapter 11 of Dr. Henry Cloud’s Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality. We consider the relationships, structures, and deliberate investments that help growth become a way of life.
Through personal reflections on mentorship, giving books to the younger generation, and learning from someone decades younger, Matt explores what it means to remain curious, vulnerable, and teachable—even as we gain experience.
The episode opens with a clarification of “Danger, Will Robinson!” and the warning behind it: rest and reflection can renew us, while withdrawing from people and opportunities can hinder our growth.
In this episode:
- Why growth needs both encouragement and direction.
- How our calendars and spending reveal our priorities.
- Making time for growth instead of waiting until we have time.
- Welcoming honest feedback and guidance from mentors.
- Receiving wisdom from people of different generations.
- Sharing what we have learned while continuing to grow ourselves.
Questions to carry into your week:
- Who helps me grow, and am I willing to receive their input?
- Am I allowing what I learn to change how I live?
- What time will I set aside this week for growth?
- Who could benefit from something I have already learned?
A thought to take with you:
One truth lived out can be more powerful than pages of notes. Choose one principle, put it into practice, and invite someone to help you follow through.
Reading: Dr. Henry Cloud’s Integrity, Chapter 11, “This Is Good, Getting Better All the Time”—continuing our study of the fifth dimension of character: being oriented toward increase.
Coming Tuesday: The Legacy series concludes with Jesus and His disciples, exploring how walking with Jesus shapes the legacy we leave.
Keep seeking. Keep growing. Keep living the Kingdom culture, one day at a time.
“Let me clarify something before we close: a good mentor may challenge us and tell us truths that are uncomfortable to hear. But being teachable doesn’t mean we have to accept abuse or humiliation. We can welcome honest correction and still have healthy boundaries.”
