Sometimes...
...when you're a pastor and you're in that dark spot where you're wondering if you just have a bunch of "really good kids" who make wise choices because it's more or less who they are...
...but you don't know if they're really "growing up" in Christ and living out that whole Ephesians 4 thing...
...and you try to figure out if the former is a precursor to the latter and/or if that's even a negative thing...
...God lets you have coffee with a former student who reminds you that it's all a big, fat process that you're planting, somebody else will water, and God will cause the growth. Because you get that glimpse of 2 years after the moving the tassle from one side of the mortarboard to the other, and you realize the beauty of transformation.
...even if she doesn't necessarily see it.
...even if she is in a very similar dark place wondering the same things you're wondering about regarding our Tribe.
...even if she's trying to figure out the same things you are at this point in our spiritual lives.
And you wonder if that kid--er, young woman--has any idea what an encouragement she is to you personally.
And you wonder if she knows--I mean, really KNOWS--what a beautiful person she is and how you consider her one of your true FRIENDS now...and how cool it is to enjoy the friendship instead of feeling responsible for her in youth pastor type roles.
And you thank God for that little glimpse to start your Friday...
...because it reminds you that when the dark spots are there, you ought to spend a lot more time looking at the trees than the forest. Because sometimes you forget that the most beautiful poem you see is...
...well...
...you know.
...when you're a pastor and you're in that dark spot where you're wondering if you just have a bunch of "really good kids" who make wise choices because it's more or less who they are...
...but you don't know if they're really "growing up" in Christ and living out that whole Ephesians 4 thing...
...and you try to figure out if the former is a precursor to the latter and/or if that's even a negative thing...
...God lets you have coffee with a former student who reminds you that it's all a big, fat process that you're planting, somebody else will water, and God will cause the growth. Because you get that glimpse of 2 years after the moving the tassle from one side of the mortarboard to the other, and you realize the beauty of transformation.
...even if she doesn't necessarily see it.
...even if she is in a very similar dark place wondering the same things you're wondering about regarding our Tribe.
...even if she's trying to figure out the same things you are at this point in our spiritual lives.
And you wonder if that kid--er, young woman--has any idea what an encouragement she is to you personally.
And you wonder if she knows--I mean, really KNOWS--what a beautiful person she is and how you consider her one of your true FRIENDS now...and how cool it is to enjoy the friendship instead of feeling responsible for her in youth pastor type roles.
And you thank God for that little glimpse to start your Friday...
...because it reminds you that when the dark spots are there, you ought to spend a lot more time looking at the trees than the forest. Because sometimes you forget that the most beautiful poem you see is...
...well...
...you know.
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