The Pain of Ministry
Via Serotoninrain comes a link to one of the most honest -- and heartbreaking -- posts I've ever read from the hand of a preacher.
Regrets about one's choice of career are common. But what happens when you realize that what you thought was a divine calling is in all likelihood a terrible mistake? And how do God's redemptive purposes factor into the picture?
As I grow older, I'm starting to really understand that being a Christian and pleasing God is much more about who you are than what you do. What you do will flow from who you are.
We try too hard. It's not that hard, but we make it so. And we often end up hurting ourselves and those around us. And those who are in fulltime vocational ministry see those things magnified and multiplied in terrible ways that "regular" folks never have to deal with.
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