Rev Bill

I found this link taken from a post about a pastor who is happy with what he is doing. He lists the following reasons:

1. It’s my calling.

2. I love the gospel.

3. I love people.

4. I’m a leader.

5. I love pastors. I love being around them.

6. I love what happens when a person is converted as a follower of Jesus Christ.

7. I love being part of something that redeems culture in the world in which I live.

8. I love being a pastor in leadership and ministry because it forces me to engage the Scripture in a way that transforms my life.

9. I love the Bible: not the pages, not the ink, not the leather; but the words, the ideas, the concepts that teach me that I serve a great God.

10. I do this because I believe that the gospel is the only hope of the world, that when church is done right, it is absolutely amazing.

11. I continue to do this because I accept the fact that the church of Jesus Christ can at one moment be an amazing and healthy, loving, growing environment, and in another can be a very toxic, destructive place.

12. I do this because I believe in advancing the good.

13. I do this because it is the best way I can spend my life.

14. I love pushing myself to greater understanding and innovative ways of redeeming culture.

15. I love being around people who don’t get it, who struggle, who have questions, but are hungry and are open.

16. I am in this work because I’m a seeker of truth.

17. I do this because I love being a part of a worldwide movement that has indeed changed the world and it continues to change it.

You can read his explanations here.

I read so much about how ministers are stressed and overwhelmed by their jobs. It’s great to see that there are others who, like me, could not do anything esle.

What do you think?

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