We recently went on a trip to Destin, FL which is about 5 1/2 hours from home. We stayed with some friends who have a great house there with really tall glass doors that overlook the swimming pool in the back.
Excited to be at the beach and not driving anymore, Michael (my 7 year old son) was running from the back yard back into the house to get his swimsuit, when SMACK, he ran right into one of the very clean glass doors. His excitement turned to tears as his nose bled for the next 45 minutes.
The reality of ministry and the reality of much of life, is that those glass doors seem to pop up all over the place. You get really excited about some really cool things God is doing, and SMACK, excitement gets turned on its head. You run into people who don't understand, who don't care, who can not or will not celebrate with you, who have a vision that doesn't extend past themselves, and the list goes on.
The unseen glass doors are everywhere. They're good in that they make us stronger. Sometimes we even realize that after we stop bleeding. They are dangerous in that they have a tendency to make us hesitate, to run more cautiously. Over time, cautious running debilitates us.
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