Ministers, Learn the Difference
Your family is where you are making lasting memories that will matter for time and eternity. Your ministry profession is rewarding, but not at the sacrifice of your family. Learn the difference from being engaged in ministry and being controlled by it. When your current ministry assignment has ended, another will take your place and a new chapter will be wrote by a new leader. Learn to accept now the fact you will not always be the up-front speaker and people will no longer call you. SO, what really matters in life? Charles Swindoll offered some piercing words recently in his blog writings that are worth sharing. This really spoke to me.
Let’s state the obvious!
You still have a family!
- They still long to have lunch with you.
- They still love to get a phone call.
- They want to know wisdom from you outside the pulpit.
- They still yearn to have an arm around their shoulders.
- They still want you to make time to sit on the back porch and kick back and listen.
- They want you to attend their ball games and go to their performance and see you relax . . . really relax!
- They still want to know that you can do more in your spare time than study.
- And they really want to hear you laugh!
They are the ones you will leave in your legacy—the only ones who have your blood and your name. They need you. They want you.[I]
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[i] Charles Swindoll. A Pastor’s Relationships – His Family. Accessed 29 September 2020. The Pastor’s Blog.
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