How many days do we wake up and go through our day feeling like this? I know I'm not the only one. Putting on that face to lift someone else up but inwardly crying out because of the cruelty of mankind...the backbiting...the gossip...the infighting...the envy...the jealousy...all the cruelty that comes from the enemy of our souls waiting...lurking...ready to pounce to take us out of the race. As a minister, can I say it's even harder to show your humanity because so many are quick to point their fingers when an ounce of humanity is shown. You know what...this is real... ministers hurt...they get angry...they get sad...they cry... they bleed... they get tired and weary just like everyone else and sometimes moreso because of the weight of others that they bear. Ministers are not superhuman beings, they are ordinary humans who have just been charged with leading. If I do anything at all besides lead people to Christ...I hope I show people the human side of ministers and ministry...I hope I show them that I am not superhuman even when the expectation for that is there. I hope I show them that no matter who you are, you too need a God who can pick you up and bind together all the brokenness that comes from being in a fallen world that does not know Him....because if it did, there would be no hurt...there would be no tears...there would be no sadness. One day we will have that, but until that day, I will put on the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, I will lift up my eyes to the hills from where my help comes from, I will offer up the sacrifice of praise to God continually, I will cry out to my God who will lead me to the Rock who is higher than I. My God, in Him will I put all my hope and trust because in Him there is no shadow of turning. Brothers and sisters in Christ...don't hide behind a smile and don't expect others to...bear one another's burdens...it is in this when we fulfill the law of Christ.
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