Leadership

This summer has been a summer of leadership for me. In two major places in my life God has positioned me to lead something. The further I get into the summer the more supervisor shifts I have at work and sometimes that means I'm the person completely running the store. Last week I helped lead a group of middle schoolers on a mission trip. It is weird to have someone asking you what the plan is or asking for permission to go do something. It gives you a slight fear in your stomach because you know that if anything happens it's your fault because  you are leading. I helped the kids organize a game of red rover after our prayer meeting and let's just say there is a reason that it is a kids game. Some of our boys are not quite so little anymore. At one point one of the big boys gets called across and he runs full contact into one of my smaller girls. It scared me to death because she didn't stand up immediately. I feared that she broke her arm all because I let the kids play a really rough game. She finally got up and was fine. I've noticed that when you are in a leadership position, in a moment of crisis, everyone turns to you. I noticed that on the trip with the kids and also at work. Today was a little crazy at work and several things went wrong. It seemed like every time something happened I was called over to fix it. Half the time I wasn't sure if my choice was 100% the correct one but I had to make a decision. I started getting better at it but it's definitely a new thing for me to be looked upon for help when a problem arises. The Lord is showing me a lot about leadership and is working on smashing my pride, because a true leader is a servant to all.