Strong Where I Am Weak
"And whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive it all." ~Matthew 21:22 I am about a year-and-a-half into my first pastorate. What that means is that in that first year, that first trip around the calendar, almost everything I was doing as the pastor of the church, I was doing for the very first time. In the Baptist Church, when a pastor is called to the pulpit, it is the decision of the congregation. They not only vote in this big meeting, but they interviewed that potential pastor, too--imagine standing up and being interviewed by the entire membership of a church. One question I was asked was what I wanted to accomplish in that first year. And what I said was, "I'd like to get through the entire year looking like I know exactly what I'm doing." Of course everyone laughed. I knew they would. But I wasn't kidding. That was an actual goal. To get through communion services, and weddings, and funerals, a...