I’ve been thinking a lot about you lately. I’ve been thinking about your service and how you’re chasing hard after your calling as a leader. I’ve been thinking about the way you handle everything as well as you do. The way you care. The way you love the people you serve.
I see your passion. I see your perseverance. I see that sometimes, even when you don’t want to admit it, this leader thing in its finest and truest form can become too much for your soul to bear.
I’ve been thinking about how you pour your heart and soul into your small groups, your ministry projects, your family, and even your dreams. You want to give everyone and everything your best. You’re giving it all you’ve got, letting your passion and heart for the Lord push you from one thing to the next.
It’s all good work, right? That’s what we tell ourselves.
We convince ourselves that we’re doing all this good work for everyone else, but we never stop and think about how it affects our own souls.
I see you, friend. Called to lead. Called to mentor. Called to give of yourself in mighty Kingdom ways.
But if you and I were across from each other right now, sipping on our favorite beverage, maybe a chai tea for you and a mocha for me, and we were brutally honest with one another, we would say the words we’re afraid to say. We’re afraid to say them now because it might affect how we’re perceived as leaders. Afraid that by voicing the very thing we’re scared to say, it might mean we somehow don’t care.
If we were to put our drinks down for a minute, look one another straight in the eyes, and say that brutally honest thing to each other, we would say this:
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