More after-thought from yesterday's church planter assessments...
People don't want to follow a discouraged leader. They may try to motivate and encourage upward for a while, but eventually, they'll resign from the unwanted post and move on. Many moons ago, I was down in the dumps and my leadership team made a bold proposition ~ they said, "go find your calling and your joy again... or shut this thing down cause it ain't gonna work if you're hopeless." They paid for a week away and covered a Sunday morning for me so I could reclaim God's vision. If they hadn't done that, my story would've ended very differently.
So true.
I'm glad that your story is still being written. Your blog challenges me and blesses me immensely.
Posted by: deneenwhite | July 27, 2007 at 12:17 PM