Sunday
morning we were studying leadership in Acts 27, a passage that illustrates a
profound truth. Leadership ability is revealed in
crisis situations. It is not unlike
patience in that regard. To have
patience, you’ll have to endure situations that require it. So it is with leadership, you’ll learn it by
going through situations that require it.
I
had challenged our congregation to embrace crisis because in in my view, we
have managed to create a culture within the church that refuses to deal with
problems. We bury them, decline to speak of them and for pride's sake
consider other people's perception of us more important than finding the help
we need. Not only does this environment fail to foster genuine
relationships, it takes away opportunities to lead.
The
irony is that what I had taught was immediately put to the test. The events of this weekend and the bad news of
Monday morning – my mistakes, the cancer, and any number of other problems – were
more or less situations that would require it.
It’s
hard to plug in to problems, especially when they could have been avoided. Those are the ones that hurt me the
most. But those are also the ones that
have the most to teach us.
So
as the flood waters of Monday morning recede, I know that someday they will
return.
And
because of that I’m learning to hug the hurt.
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