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July 11, 2005

Grief, faith and spiritual growth

Sunday was in interesting day at church. Our founding pastor announced that the Lord had called him to a new and exciting ministry, and he would be leaving next month.

The emotions flow at a time like that, and it is interesting to try to balance your fleshly reaction with your faith.

The truth is that the bond deepest bond I have with this pastor is the Holy Spirit that lives in both of us. Nearly every Sunday, his words are dead-on applicable to my life. When there are 200 other people in the room and most of them feel the same way, I know that that is not his skill, but the miraculous inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Emotionally, I don't think I recognize this truth. I grieve. Intellectually I do understand this, and I am excited for what God has planned ahead.

Hopefully experiencing such a transition and witnessing God's provision for the church will make us all more focused on Christ.

In my random wanderings this evening, I came across this teaching:

brucedjohnson.com: There is No Growth Without Loss

Dead-on, exactly what I needed to hear.

Posted by reighley at July 11, 2005 04:15 AM

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