perseverance motivation
Truthfully, the past 3 months or so have been extremely difficult for me as far as leading and serving. God really has been doing a lot in my heart about this lately though.
I met with a leader of mine on Thursday, and I had to get stuff off my chest to him. It was one of those things where it was affecting what I did. And honestly, it wasn't fair to me or Seven. Very positive meeting. I came away really just re-energized about leading. I know part of the problems have been my own. I also believe God is teaching me some things about leading in the middle. The hardest thing I feel like I'm learning to do is lead those above me. I'm not really sure how this is going to happen yet, but there is a level of leadership where this happens.
Last night after homegroup, I got to talk to one of my old students. He is simply amazing. He inspires me, yet encourages me at the same time. He is a guy I invested a lot of time in when I was his homegroup pastor and still continue to mentor. I love our time when we get to just hang out and talk. I left the conversation knowing why I do what I do--it's to impact students. My heart was reminded of that again last night. He was telling me so much stuff about himself that leaves me in wonder of God. It was just really encouraging as he let me know just how many students I have influenced and it really meant a lot.
God knew I needed those talks to happen right now. I feel like I have some second wind right now to keep going. It really excites me. Here's the only sorry part--I also learned of about 5 situations that I have to deal with asap. Yeah, real gross.
Side note--sin really makes me mad. I hurt for a lot of the things I heard about.
I met with a leader of mine on Thursday, and I had to get stuff off my chest to him. It was one of those things where it was affecting what I did. And honestly, it wasn't fair to me or Seven. Very positive meeting. I came away really just re-energized about leading. I know part of the problems have been my own. I also believe God is teaching me some things about leading in the middle. The hardest thing I feel like I'm learning to do is lead those above me. I'm not really sure how this is going to happen yet, but there is a level of leadership where this happens.
Last night after homegroup, I got to talk to one of my old students. He is simply amazing. He inspires me, yet encourages me at the same time. He is a guy I invested a lot of time in when I was his homegroup pastor and still continue to mentor. I love our time when we get to just hang out and talk. I left the conversation knowing why I do what I do--it's to impact students. My heart was reminded of that again last night. He was telling me so much stuff about himself that leaves me in wonder of God. It was just really encouraging as he let me know just how many students I have influenced and it really meant a lot.
God knew I needed those talks to happen right now. I feel like I have some second wind right now to keep going. It really excites me. Here's the only sorry part--I also learned of about 5 situations that I have to deal with asap. Yeah, real gross.
Side note--sin really makes me mad. I hurt for a lot of the things I heard about.
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posted by Seth Henderson at 8:50 AM
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