This question may or may not be awkward to you. Let me tell you that asking someone that is pretty awkward. At dinner I asked a guy sitting near me how his day is going. He responded with the typical "Fine, how was yours?". I wasn't sure how this conversation was gonna go any deeper so I just straight up asked him if I could get to know his heart and asked him to tell me whatever he wanted to about himself. He wasn't sure what to tell me, so then I just asked him what his hopes and desires were. This finally got us started on a conversation about how he wants to grow up to be a family doctor. When I asked him why he said it's because he wants to be able to set his own hours, so he can spend time with his family. But what impressed me even more was that he said it was also because when you're a family doctor you get to see your patients from start to finish and you get to watch them grow up. I'd never thought about that before and it really left an impression on me. It was just such a genuine, sincere answer that I could tell right away that he definitely cares about people a lot. Then for some reason I felt impressed to ask if he was the oldest child. With a look of surprise he said that he was and that he had two younger sisters and a younger brother. He asked me how I had known and I honestly couldn't give him a reason, but from the fifteen or so minutes that I talked to him I did get a lasting impression and feel that I got to know his heart at least a little bit.
Also, to be a good leader I really do think that you need to know the hearts of the people you lead. One way to get to know people's hearts is to ask them questions and try to get to know them through talking, however I think that the better way to get to know someone's heart is through the spirit. The spirit prompts and inspires in some of the smallest ways, but often it will give you a simple impression of a person and just that impression lets you see deeper into a person's heart. I think that is one of the things that helps make someone a divine leader. If they are constantly listening for or seeking after impressions of the lord they will be able to very easily see the hearts of those that lead and if they can know the hearts of those they lead then they will better be able to serve them better.
It's kind of a chain that to be a good leader you have to serve those you lead, to serve those you need you must know their hearts, to know their hearts you must receive inspiration from the Lord and if you are relying on the Lord then you are a divine centered leader. Thus I don't think that is anyway to be a good leader without being a divine centered leader. And learning about divine centered leaders and doing this service project/activity actually gave me an entirely different perspective of what a true, good leader has to do. And know I know that one of my main focus needs to be being a divine centered and getting to know the hearts of the people around me.
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