You know, I was at a meeting tonight and I was thinking to myself… “How can I encourage these people when I don’t feel very encouraged?“
But, but, but…
It’s a weird thing to be a leader. Particularly to be a spiritual leader. Folks are always looking to me to get a “warm fuzzy.” I am happy to ablidge in doing my part 90% of the time. But what about the times when I’m feeling empty and they are looking to me for that “warm fuzzy” or that encouragement from God’s Word.
Is it OK for me to look them in the eye and say, “I know life sucks for you right now, to be honest with you, my life sucks right now too… I wake up every day and question why I do what I do… so if you want to be encouraged… look somewhere else!”
Of course, I can’t do that. I have to “force encouragement” and be professional… but as I reflect on what it means to live incarnationally with these people, I often wonder how that tangibly works out.
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