encouragement from strange places
Unfortunately, I suppose in leadership there is always opposition. I think opposition is a good thing because eventually, it makes everybody better and has the potential to make a community stronger. However, it’s not easy. Sometimes, in the midst of it you feel like you completely suck at life. That’s where I’ve been this week. I’m not down or anything but that thought has certainly crossed my mind.
The cool part about this is that I’ve experienced a lot of encouragement from strange places. I can’t even begin to explain everything. The encouragement hasn’t necessarily been from one person saying something but it’s been from multiple people’s actions even though they have no idea what it has meant to me. There are also some other weird affirmations that I don’t think are appropriate for me to discuss here but they are thoughts and dreams that God has given me for the past seven or eight years that are on the cusp of break through. Thank you God for the encouragement…you know just what I need in the face of opposition.
I’m reminded of some Scripture I just taught about this past weekend and is something I’m hanging onto right now.
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
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