A Pastor's Heart

I belong to a wonderful church family. We laugh together, we work out together, we pray together, we learn together, we worship together, we grief together, and we rejoice together. During the past year, we have done all of the above. Unfortunately, we have done more grieving than I can ever remember a church family doing in a year. Today, we had a great reason to rejoice. A candidate came today and shared not only a wonderful message, but he shared his heart. He loves the Lord and he loves the people he ministers to--it's so evident. We have 4 church services. The one we usually attend is the first service. During the first service, several people including myself, were moved to tears. Pastor Steve shared about compassion and ministry and how our world would be transformed if we could master the art of serving them up together, serving them up often, and serving them up unselfishly. Boy, do I have my work cut out for me. I believe the tears were not only about the content of the message, but also about the deliverer of the message--I believe they were tears of appreciation and hope. Pastor Steve, thank you! I hope you will be our Pastor at CBC, but if God leads you otherwise--thank you for sharing yourself with us, today.