I have been reading Darrin's new book, Church Planter, and have really been enjoying it... like a well-timed kick in the butt. But that is pretty much how Darrin rolls. He says the hard word in a way that makes it less daunting and challenging in a good way... like a good coach. So - anyway - reading this morning and was hit with this quote from Allender (from Leading with a Limp). It was what I needed to hear. "Leaders choose daily, but the real weight on their shoulders lies in the need to decide. And there are no easy decisions. To decide requires a death, a dying to a thousand options, the putting aside of a legion of possibilities in order to choose just one. De-cide. Homo-cide. Sui-cide. The root word for decide means "to cut off." All decisions cut us off; separate us from early infinite options as we select just one single path. And every decision we make earns us the favor of some and the disfavor of others....
A man made of mud learning to live as an image bearer of God