Last week I went and visited one of the members of our church whose mom is sick. This was my first time being the "pastor" or shepherd of the Area Community that I am responsible of. I do not want to focus on who or what, I want to focus on the two Elders that went with me.
To have men of this stature walk along side me into a very difficult situation and come along side this family as they begin dealing with the reality of death, pain, and loss allowed me to see the beauty in church leadership!
I am not creating an argument for Elders vs. Deacons, etc. but I want to encourage any person involved in ministry to build a relationship with those men in the church who are your leaders. Not pastors, (you need to have a relationship with them too) but the men who are spending their entire weeks loving their wife and kids well, work honestly at their non-church jobs, and then have a heart for being a spiritual decision maker and leader for their church!
These two men that were with me, showed compassion, encouragement, and leadership! They did not try to come up with their own words, but used the words of Jesus as opportunities to redeem, restore, and prepare the hearts of this family. These are men who fear the Lord and are humbled by the position they are in!
Fellow ministers, believers, and seekers; find these leaders in your church or the church you are visiting, latch on and learn!
1 Timothy 1:17
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