I was running a seminar the other day and went up to speak after being given a wonderful intro. I was greeted with silence as I took up my space so I said to the audience, who were leaders of a very significant organisation, “This is where you guys start clapping.” I then said, I guess this is why I am teaching on EQ. A lot of times we don’t know what to do socially. Sometimes we feel awkward giving or receiving complements. All of this relates to our emotional intelligence. John 11:33-35 "When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled... Jesus wept." We live in a world that taught us, “cowboys don’t cry”, yet the King of the universe cried. We need to examine EQ God’s way. Luke 22:44 "And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground." Jesus could make Himself vulnerable by expressing emotion. If we want to be Christlike, we need to embrace this too. If you study the science of likeability, vulnerability makes you more likeable. You don’t have to always put your best foot forward.
