Another new season is on the horizon. Since coming to Life little over two years ago I was introduced to this idea of an accountability partner. Even this summer in Washington Eddy approached me in the beginning of it and asked me if I wanted to be an accountability partner with him. I’ve been saved for about 10 years now but this is a new thing for me, even with Eddy I really had no idea what I was supposed to do. I am currently in a class at Life called Disciplines of Leadership, it is about what it means to be a leader, what is called of us and so forth. Though that class has really nothing to do with accountability with another person, we have touched on it a little bit on persons in leadership and their actions in their lives involving other people...
I don’t really like the term accountability partner, I don’t like the idea of having a person who you just tell all these terrible things you have done within the past week. I believe accountability flows naturally out of true friendship and relationship. I desire friendship, true fellowship with another. I was thinking about me and my friends, my closets friends. If we all got together, even though we are super tight and love each other, most of us wouldn’t know what was happening with the person next to us. We wouldn’t know certain struggles or joys, things they need prayer for and stuff like that. One of my friends even told me a while ago that he wishes he had the type of friend that he could call anytime he wanted just to talk to. All it takes is opening up to one another...
In light of that last week I talked to my friend Sweet Al and it is with all that in mind, that we discussed and talked about being that person for each other. This is something I am excited for as well as Al. It is all about relationship, community, and love...
