Day 4

I totally agree with Kelly and her thoughts on the high standards for church leaders. When I read this morning I thought, who could fullfill those requirements? It certainly wouldn't be me. It seems that they want perfection from the leaders and that just would not be possible. We are not perfect.

Our speaker has been talking about the fact that no one is perfect and we try to be perfect we will surely fail. The only perfect person was Jesus and we should strive to live as he taught us to live but not try to be perfect. How stressful would it be if we as church leaders had to live perfect lives? This is not possible since we are all sinners and destined to make mistakes, luckily we have God there to help pick up the pieces and put us back on track.

Last night Mike (the speaker) talked about letting God take control of those parts of our lives that we have been holding back. Whether it be control, fear, confidence or forgiveness. As church leaders we need to have the humility to know that we are not perfect, cannot be perfect and should not try to be perfect. The only thing we can do is ask God to help and guide us in our leadership and let him be our guide.

On another note, as I mentioned in the beginning of the week our resident, Mary, was pretty depressed and negative about everything. Today the kids and I noticed that she was much more upbeat, not being negative about everything and seemingly much happier. It really made the kids feel good knowing that all the work they are doing is making an impact on her life and attitude. She mentioned that she has a potential buyer for one of her houses which also made the kids feel good since we have been praying for her each day that something will turn around for her.