Sometimes, I just feel inadequate. Actually, most times I feel inadequate. Given the monumental task pastors face I honestly think this is perhaps the most healthy mind-set to have. The trick is seeing the “L” and saying, “Yup, that’s me. Please be real in me Jesus, ’cause I just can’t do this.”
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I looked at the picture and I thought, “HEY THAT’S ME!”
Yeah, I hear ya.
I hear ya, too. Thanks for this, Wes.
Indeed we are inadequate. Our adequacy comes from God (2 Cor 3:5). We often stand in front of the mirror alone. I wonder how God looks at us if God stands next to us in the mirror and speaks to us. Maybe God says nothing. Would God join a hand with ours and perhaps form a W out of the L?