Sometimes doing what is right is very hard. I went through this yesterday.
I was asked to attend a lunch with a group of pastors to talk about the new church. I had to cancel a fun lunch with friends to make it happened, but Tanya in her wisdom encouraged me to make it happen. So I went. Small group of great people. My plan was to give the speech and hit the road. Boom bada bing. But the meeting was better than I thought. Well, let me rephrase that, the meeting was exactly what I thought. Pretty lame and slow and I would have rather been other places. But, something happened there that made the trip worth every minute.
There was a group there from a local church. A church that one of my key team members came from. There was some frustration on their part with the transition. I did the very best I could and sought counsel from very respected leaders on my course of action. But nonetheless, there was pain there.
As I was speaking I caught the eye of the senior pastor and I knew instantly that I could not leave without making it right. As soon as we finished, I approached and asked for a minute. We talked for about 20 minutes and then we prayed together. I had no idea how heavy that was on me until I felt it lifted off. We walked out of there as partners in the master plan.
It was hard, but it was right. You can't buy that stuff in stores.
Friday, December 02, 2005
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3 comments:
I'm comparing this story with the one earlier. I think you may have "done the right thing" both times... even though you're beating yourself up a bit about the episode with the Zoka girl. Who knows how God will use that encounter, even though it didn't fit your image of how you should have acted as a pastor. Keep doing the right thing ;-)
Thanks for the encouragement Dan, it is appreciated.
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