chaoticSoul

So after being pressured about my writing and the need to read it I have decided (on my own) to write again. For the past couple of weeks I have been reading through Craig Groeschel's book Confessions of a Pastor and I have to say that I relate to him on so many levels and with so many of his points. Being in ministry is one of the toughest jobs and responsibilities that a person will have. I know that sounds ridiculous but to be responsible for helping someone on their journey through the Christian faith is a heavy burden to have. Ministers as a whole are subject to more criticism and hatefulness than a lot of other professions. We all have to face the challenge that everyone is different and everyone has an opinion and everyone wants to tell you their opinion! Starting out in ministry as a boy on a guitar playing music for a youth group I can remember not wanting to even hear anyone's opinion on what I was doing. I was doing it and I was doing it my way! Six years later I find myself wanting to revert back to that mentality but I know that I am not doing this my way and if I ever find myself doing this "my way" then I know that have failed or fallen off that beaten path. For the next few post I will be making some of my own confessions and going through those on here. Reading last week I stumbled on a passage that Craig had written down and I will leave you with us until my next post.
"Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ." Galatians 1:10