There are times when God sends someone into your life to bring you up. When that person's life crosses your path, it cuts deeply into the very makeup of who you are. I hope you've had at least one experience—hopefully more than one—in your life. I was privileged to experience the impact of Leroy Cloud in my life.

He came along just when I needed him. He became a spiritual father to me. When I didn't believe in myself—he believed in me. He saw something in me and he called it out of me with his words and his faith. I didn't have to ask; I knew he believed I could. Sometimes I thought he had enough faith for both of us to get me through. He and his wife, Janice, modeled life for Jan and me. They poured their own lives into us and I am so thankful.

Wherever you are in life, you don't have to do it alone. Someone, somewhere has gone through what you're going through. They have the wisdom and the knowledge to help you navigate the road in front of you. They can stand in the gap for you. They can believe in you when you're not so sure of yourself. They have faith and courage to speak into your life to help you become who God already knows you are.

Maybe you are that person that God wants to send to bring someone up in the faith? Are you willing to be open and transparent? When God knits your heart to someone for a season or for a lifetime, the rewards are supernatural. I encourage you to let him use you to shape another life today.

For this purpose I am sending to you Timothy, who is my own dear and faithful son in the Christian life. He will remind you of the principles which I follow in the new life in union with Christ Jesus and which I teach in all the churches everywhere. 

1 Corinthians 4:17 GNT