Wednesday, March 3, 2010

ill equipped

I know that God is magnified in our weakness, and that we are to rely on Him for all things, but I sometimes find myself in a position where I just downright feel ill equipped. I know a spiritual gift that I have is leadership and I know God has given me talents to match that, but I wonder what to do in certain situations. I had never really had this realization until upper high school and college when God started putting me in leadership positions. I started taking on more responsibilities at work and I started finding that when I was running the shift, and I was the person in charge, situations would come up that I didn't really know the BEST answer, but had to have an answer. I had to act quickly in most cases and do the best with what I knew how to do. Whether it be dealing with a very angry customer or with both my ovens shutting down mid lunch rush. I was learning very quickly that I sometimes have to make decisions without very much time to think and reason through it. Yes, I might have done some of them differently, but in that moment, I did the best with what I could think of. I have found this situation true in leading youth, whether it be with the kids at the public school I am volunteering at, or the kids in the youth group. I sometimes find myself in a situation of almost panic of "wow, what do i do with this?" and that does scare me sometimes. I think once I realized that I am responsible for people, that decision sometimes had more weight to it. I am discovering this more and more when working with hormonal 13 year old girls. There are times when they come to me with boy problems, problems with their friends, faith, parents...etc. The list goes on. I wonder why I am where I am, even though I love it. I saw a book on my mom's shelf that said "Leading with a Limp" by Dan Allender. I have never read the book (maybe someday I will) but I liked the title. It reminded me that leaders are never perfect. Thank heavens.....I have learned a lot about leading over the last few years and especially this last year or so. It's definitely a crazy experience that I never saw coming.

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