'Right-Brain
Recruiting' might be the title of some guidance Gramps (a.k.a. Noah
Pierson) began sharing with the teen boys, forming their imaginary
business.
Silver-haired
Gramps loved filling his often empty retirement days with thoughts
and mentoring of the teen boys, Sam and his newly included Ben.
Gramps was super grateful to God for leading the two teens with super
challenges trying to reach the 'young adult' class of society. Even a
first glance told you the boys were in stormy seas; Sam with his
badly scarred face and Ben with his orange spiked hair and
considerable facial jewelery.
While
first impressions might suggest otherwise, the boys were a
'God-send', literally, in how they gave Noah (I mean, Gramps) a
mission for each day. When Sam's mom brought Noah into the kitchen
table, Ben and Sam were already there, excitedly sharing ideas for
their imaginary business.
Gramps
got seated and Bonnie continued her laundry folding tasks in the
spare bedroom. Gramps began their meeting by leading the teens in
prayer asking for God's leading and unity, knowing Satan is always
trying to destroy any Christians working together. Gramps always
liked to include a little about salvation, in his prayers; especially
since he knew that Sam was saved, but wasn't so sure about Ben.
Gramps
began with, “Fellas, I want to share an idea, the Lord put in my
heart a couple days ago. It has to do with our business, and how we
can make it our best. It has something to do with Adam and Eve and
the Garden of Eden.” Sam thought, “Oh, no. Gramps is having a
senile moment, where his mind is in another world, with this Garden
of Eden thing.”
“Guys,
I believe we ought to keep our eyes out for a girl to be a part of
our business, and here's why. For a whole number of reasons, God
partnered a woman with Adam to help take care of the Garden and other
things. More than that, he gave Eve some special skills that Adam
wasn't especially strong in. For instance, while men take a little
more logical mechanical at dealing with life's challenges, women uses
skills that scientists tell us are most prominent in the right half
of the brain. So in the same way that our left and right halves of
our brain compliment each other, so do men's skills and women's
skills.”
Gramps
continued, “I mean, God has 'wired' women to be more sensitive, to
the feelings and visual queues from others. They are more proficient
at doing highly repetitive tasks, and even better at multitasking
than men are. And it's certainly no secret women are far better at
communicating than we are. Now what I've said, doesn't make women
better than men or worse. You can't say a fork is better than a
spoon, they're each better at doing some things than others.”
“Now
fellas, I'm suggesting that we should be asking God to show us a girl
or lady that might be better at doing some things in our business,
than we are. I'm thinking our business would be hindered by keeping
it a 'men and boys' business. We'll be our best if we take lessons
from how God does things, and also nature He's created all around us.
