Comments on: You Don’t Know Fear http://troyhamby.com/2009/10/21/you-dont-know-fear/ meditations from a postmodern, incarnational, missional church planter Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jason Evans http://troyhamby.com/2009/10/21/you-dont-know-fear/#comment-465 Jason Evans Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:44:43 +0000 http://troyhamby.com/?p=970#comment-465 Welcome to being a pastor!!! I wish I could tell you that at some point it gets easier...it won't. However, it is the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life. (Other than getting married and having kids). I wouldn't trade it for anything. I love it. It's like being a father. Sometimes your kids stress you out and you worry and you're fearful and you have no idea what you're doing, but somehow you figure it out. Somehow it just works out and everything isn't as bad as you thought. Then when your kids tell you they love you and they hug and kiss you, you think, MAN THIS IS SOOOO COOL!!! Take a deep breath, brother. You will discover at some point it is all worth it. Welcome to being a pastor!!! I wish I could tell you that at some point it gets easier…it won’t. However, it is the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life. (Other than getting married and having kids). I wouldn’t trade it for anything. I love it.

It’s like being a father. Sometimes your kids stress you out and you worry and you’re fearful and you have no idea what you’re doing, but somehow you figure it out. Somehow it just works out and everything isn’t as bad as you thought. Then when your kids tell you they love you and they hug and kiss you, you think, MAN THIS IS SOOOO COOL!!!

Take a deep breath, brother. You will discover at some point it is all worth it.

]]> By: Steve Parrish http://troyhamby.com/2009/10/21/you-dont-know-fear/#comment-464 Steve Parrish Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:17:50 +0000 http://troyhamby.com/?p=970#comment-464 Get used to that feeling, unfortunately! It is just part of the gig. I never felt that fear or anxiety as a youth pastor or an associate pastor. I did ministry, didn't worry about the mortgage or attendance, and went to my box every Friday and found another check had magically appeared. From the moment I seriously considered taking my own church that needed to be replanted 8 years ago, until this very moment, that fear, anxiety, thrill, weight... however you describe it.... is has been there every moment of every day. the first time I felt it I couldn't figure out what it was. Just about the moment it disappears from my periphery, it reappears. It has not stopped feeling like I am walking on the edge of some cliff and I could be blown off at any second. At the same time, you can't lead from the safety away from the cliffs edge. I've decided I'd rather fail trying than play it safe. With that decision comes all of those emotions. Wear it well. Get used to that feeling, unfortunately! It is just part of the gig.

I never felt that fear or anxiety as a youth pastor or an associate pastor. I did ministry, didn’t worry about the mortgage or attendance, and went to my box every Friday and found another check had magically appeared.

From the moment I seriously considered taking my own church that needed to be replanted 8 years ago, until this very moment, that fear, anxiety, thrill, weight… however you describe it…. is has been there every moment of every day. the first time I felt it I couldn’t figure out what it was. Just about the moment it disappears from my periphery, it reappears.

It has not stopped feeling like I am walking on the edge of some cliff and I could be blown off at any second. At the same time, you can’t lead from the safety away from the cliffs edge.

I’ve decided I’d rather fail trying than play it safe. With that decision comes all of those emotions. Wear it well.

]]> By: benliles http://troyhamby.com/2009/10/21/you-dont-know-fear/#comment-463 benliles Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:31:53 +0000 http://troyhamby.com/?p=970#comment-463 Troy, Man am I with you. I just moved to Panama City Beach two weeks ago to plant a new church here. No people yet, not enough money, just a vision and a desire to do something here. It is in the COG, and with little presence up here, most of my communications are coming from pastors a long way from where I am. Besides fear, here's another thing I am dealing with. LONELINESS! I work all day in a coffee shop which is good, but miss the interactions with "staff members." Are you the same? You can email me at ben@baypointechurch.tv if you want. Keep pushing man, it will pay off. Troy,
Man am I with you. I just moved to Panama City Beach two weeks ago to plant a new church here. No people yet, not enough money, just a vision and a desire to do something here. It is in the COG, and with little presence up here, most of my communications are coming from pastors a long way from where I am. Besides fear, here’s another thing I am dealing with. LONELINESS! I work all day in a coffee shop which is good, but miss the interactions with “staff members.” Are you the same? You can email me at ben@baypointechurch.tv if you want. Keep pushing man, it will pay off.

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