Some of you reading are the preachers. For many of you this is Sunday. Thus an exciting combination. Whether you stand in front of the church or view those who do, what's it like to be the preacher?
FABULOUS!
Being us is much more than addressing assemblies. It's walking through the halls and going crazy over who you get to see once again. Being the preacher is like having a complimentary ticket given you every day to attend the State Fair. Nothing is funner. It's FABULOUS
Being us is like being pulled over by the Highway Patrol. Passage through the hallways are not always smooth traveling as several pull us over to give us and update to their plague. We find we are often needed to be ears and nothing more. It's FABULOUS.
Being us is a sure destination to the cleaners. Little kids with donut fingers tug at your slacks and ladies with a bit of make-up leave a portion of their creativity on your lapel. And, it's FABULOUS.
One of the most powerful FABULOUSES is we get to believe in people; all ages, all philosophies, all sizes, and all backgrounds. We get to see in others the good they just can't see in themselves. We find ourselves in the wonderful position of needing to point their goodness out to them. Our "Say So" carries weight. To note members beginning to live out the positive information you've fed them is simply.....you guessed it (See how discerning you are?)....FABULOUS!
4 comments:
Hey Self,
I just wanted to say "Thanks". I needed that today!
Hey Terry,
I am a preacher and I am about to leave my house for a "Fabulous" Day!! Thanks for the inspiration!
Jim
Wow...that teared me all up, man. Looks like you got the forward to your new book: "The Fabulous Preacher." It would be great: spotlight preachers from the Bible, along with your personal insights, as well as interviews with other preachers, their families and congregations - why they started preaching and how, the way they get their sermons, how much they pray, what's made them want to quit, why they didn't...show the fabulous and the not so much of preaching...it's a world many know nothing about, and yet I think would be fascinated by...could be a very valuable thing to do. You are clearly in love with preaching - that's something we've all known for years - but that little blurb was almost diggity-dang poetic in the way you described it. Book it, man...before Walling does...ha ha.
WOW Terry; Thanks for the reminder of how much we love what we do.
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