Reality

I realized a lot last night...the hard part is implenting these realizations along with thoughts of my piers to effeciently and effectively meet the goals God has for Us. In the past I would have said, "okay lets all brainstorm", but this time I am not.

The leaders that God has placed in our church need ideas not opinions. One reason being that when one has an opinion about something they feel very strongly about it and may tend to get their feelings hurt and or hurt somebody else's feelings. This causes tension and a non-productive enviroment. I am the forefront leader in opinions and due in part to Doug's message last week I am wanting to break my mirror.

Secondly, Ideas bring diversity and that, in my "opinion", is what you need as a church. You want to reach the masses not just a group of people that like the same style of preaching and music as you. The more ideas you bring to the plate, the better chance you have of getting it right. Thus the more opinions your bring to the plate, the more frustrated leaders get and end up doing more counseling than producing quality worships enviroments.

Last night was such a wake up call to reality and how ultimately I just play a part in the band. It is not my job to lead the band, it is not my job to tell everybody what to do. The leaders want ideas and thoughts not selfish opinions.

I have a talent that God has blessed me with and I want to use it to glorify Him. Here Lately, I realize I have abused it with arrogance and selfish opinions. To a certain extent I have hurt the cause.