the Fayrene Principle

There are certain principles in life that beat logic to death with an ugly stick. Not too much is logical in Christianity . . . we are overwhelmingly full of paradoxes. We are strong when weak, we must die to live, we surrender to be victorious, we must serve to lead, we become poor to actually be rich, the greatest is the least and the least becomes the greatest, the first is last and the last is first and on and on we could go.

The Fayrene Principle is water dripping on stone . . . the stone always loses. It's not logical, but it is true. The steady dripping sum of water plus time will win over any stone. So I am trying to do this in leadership at multiple levels within our organization. I have in fact a doctorate in leadership, yet I "officially" lead nothing. I find that my influence and effectiveness has blossomed in leading without position or title. There isn't any apparent logic for it, but I can testified to the fact that it is working. It is most like the Fayrene Principle . . . and I think that this has great implications in mentoring, discipleship and evangelism . . . that the steady drip of love and care, plus time, can wear away the hardest stone. I wonder if this drip method can work higher up within the CMA?