My Wolf Pack
When we read the bible it’s so easy to see biblical juggernauts like Moses and David and Paul and see them as these lone guns that came, saw, and conquered in the name of Yahweh.
To think that Moses was THE guy that led the children out of egypt.
And David was THE guy that was a man after God’s own heart.
And Paul was THE guy who really kicked off this whole Christianity thing to begin with.
But these guys weren’t members of a one man wolf pack.
Nope.
We forget the Joshuas, the Calebs, the Aarons.
We downplay the role of the Samuels, the Jonathans, and the Nathans.
We overlook the Ananiases, the Barnabases, the Silases, the Timothys and even the Peters.
We get in our head that we’re on some holy mission from God and that’s it. No one else can understand it.
We are alone.
But that’s not really the case.
We all need relationships.
And that’s a word that’s been rolling around in my head for several weeks.
I need relationships.
Relationships with students.
Relationships with fellow ministers.
A relationship with God.
Yesterday I ate lunch with Tres Kennedy and (as we often do) we shared with each other what we were doing and what was going on in the lives of our students. Several service ideas came about because of that lunch.
This morning I had breakfast with a student pastor I’ve never really talked to. He shared with many some of the things he’s been through and some of the things he’s been speaking to his kids recently and I hope it was the first of many conversations we will have.
Today at lunch I joined with a handful of student pastors from around the area in a meeting about the upcoming See You At The Pole. These were different churches, different doctrines, different denominations in one room. Afterward, three or four of us sat around and shared some of our stories of successes and failures as student pastors.
As you see, I eat alot.
But after these three encounters I am refreshed, and my heart for students is being challenged and encouraged.
There’s nothing like it.
We weren’t made to do this alone.
My Wolf Pack
When we read the bible it’s so easy to see biblical juggernauts like Moses and David and Paul and see them as these lone guns that came, saw, and conquered in the name of Yahweh.
To think that Moses was THE guy that led the children out of egypt.
And David was THE guy that was a man after God’s own heart.
And Paul was THE guy who really kicked off this whole Christianity thing to begin with.
But these guys weren’t members of a one man wolf pack.
Nope.
We forget the Joshuas, the Calebs, the Aarons.
We downplay the role of the Samuels, the Jonathans, and the Nathans.
We overlook the Ananiases, the Barnabases, the Silases, the Timothys and even the Peters.
We get in our head that we’re on some holy mission from God and that’s it. No one else can understand it.
We are alone.
But that’s not really the case.
We all need relationships.
And that’s a word that’s been rolling around in my head for several weeks.
I need relationships.
Relationships with students.
Relationships with fellow ministers.
A relationship with God.
Yesterday I ate lunch with Tres Kennedy and (as we often do) we shared with each other what we were doing and what was going on in the lives of our students. Several service ideas came about because of that lunch.
This morning I had breakfast with a student pastor I’ve never really talked to. He shared with many some of the things he’s been through and some of the things he’s been speaking to his kids recently and I hope it was the first of many conversations we will have.
Today at lunch I joined with a handful of student pastors from around the area in a meeting about the upcoming See You At The Pole. These were different churches, different doctrines, different denominations in one room. Afterward, three or four of us sat around and shared some of our stories of successes and failures as student pastors.
As you see, I eat alot.
But after these three encounters I am refreshed, and my heart for students is being challenged and encouraged.
There’s nothing like it.
We weren’t made to do this alone.
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