“Be a Pastor” they said…. “It’lll be easy” they quipped.
In the words of Dwight K. Schrute “FALSE!”
It’s more than Sundays and Wednesdays. It’s more than weddings and funerals. So much more. Most People don’t believe that. They don’t spend time with pastors, praying with them and their struggles. They don’t see the hours that go in behind the scenes. They don’t know the struggles of families. They aren’t there when someone gets mad at God and the only way they know how to vent that anger is to focus it on a church staff member. All of those are tough, but they pale in comparison to the hardest part.
I was telling a friend yesterday that the hardest part really is in knowing the secrets. The pains that people keep covered. Families falling apart. Illness that no one can know of. And even more. And many times, the pastor takes it all in with no outlet. No release.
From my days working with my dad and later my IT days, I liken this to a capacitor. A capacitor is a device that stores energy and releases it when needed. And a capacitor with no release eventually burns up.
That’s why I’m thankful for events like the D6 Conference (which I attended last week). It gave me a chance to stop taking things in for just a moment, so slow down. And to think.
And when THAT happens, I hear God speaking much more clearly. And things happen!!!!
One Pastor's Perspective 