All I can say is what a year 2010 has been.
Have you ever gotten tired of the struggle and fight of the race? I mean if it isn’t one thing it’s another. One problem turns into another problem, one situation turns into another, one long night turns into another. How does one survive without becoming bitter and become better?
That was MY dilemma…Yes, even the Pastor, the spiritual leader and the local theologian has the same fights, fears, frustrations, problems, pains and predicaments as those in the pews. For some reason this is the misunderstanding that the pews have about preachers/pastors. I’m sorry to be the one to put to rest that lie. We don’t always have it together. We don’t always have the answers. We don’t always make the right decision. We don’t always know the right spirit, know the right scripture and know the right step. For some who read this blog this is going to cause a mental mystery because we sometime sit in the pew of our local church and think that the personality in the pulpit has life all figured out. NOT TRUE! The particular calling on your life doesn’t exclude you from living in the real world. Family issues, financial issues, frustrating issues and future issues are things that all of God’s children have to face. We’ve all heard that we put our pants on one pants leg at a time or if one is cut regardless of race, religion, or creed we all bleed red. So how does one survive life’s hardest hits without becoming bitter and still hold on to our heavenly Father?
1. Hold on to God’s unchanging hand! Hallelujah! (God is the same today, yesterday and forever more.)
2. Hold on to God’s unchanging scripture! (The grass withers the flowers fade but his WORD will stand forever.)
3. Hold on to God’s unchanging family! (We are a part of God’s holy huddle and should bear one another burdens.)
