January 24, 2005
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Well…
I’m embarrassed…
I’m ashamed…
The new girl (Tina) beat Mike and I at Nertz…It was soo humiliating…
BUT I WILL REGAIN MY TITLE AS NERTZ KING!
Ok…it was close there for a while, I almost won, but she beat us both…Mark this day in your calendar…Small group begins again tonight at my house, we are doing a PD study on 1 Thessalonians…it’ll be good!!!!
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Psalm 30:
4 Sing to the LORD , you saints of his;
praise his holy name.
5 For his anger lasts only a moment,
but his favor lasts a lifetime;
weeping may remain for a night,
but rejoicing comes in the morning.
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11 You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
12 that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.
————Why are some people-often people in power-insecure enough to be overbearingly controlling? This is a bad quality in a leader, because when you are insecure and controlling, you are usually easily angered, manipulative, and your leadership squealches the rest of the team. This is not an atmosphere of gowth.
I saw a little insight into Dr. Bonner this time around. He is scared of Christy and I, and I think it’s because we were taught by Al and he can’t count on us to be loyal to him. Even though we are at all his seminars and reading sessions, he doesn’t ask us questions because he’s not sure what we are going to say…he is frightened that we may say something that isn’t in support of him and that would hurt his feelings–because he is insecure in his leadership…it was enlightening.
But I know other leaders like this, and that also frightens me. I hear from person after person about why their job didn’t work out, or why this company or that company wen’t under or why a church is suffering–and every time it has to do with bad leadership. Mostly with folks who are insecure and make bad choices cause they can’t let stuff go or are too jealous to let someone else succeed with an idea they didn’t have (or in some cases, they’re just corrupt).
Praise the Lord that I’m secure in myself because I feel like I’m doing what God wants me to do. Unfortunately, the stress of being in the leader role for me (and being a follower also) is very stressful sometimes and hurts my joy…just a confession. I’m having a hard time having pure joy lately. I’m not sure exactly what it is, but it’s tough sometimes. You guys can pray for me. And i’ll pray that God will turn my mourning into dancing-to remove my sackcloth and clothe me with joy, that my heart may sing to you [God] and not be silent…As for you bad leaders, you stink.
Comments (4)
You have learned well, Grasshopper…you have Doc pegged. And Al rocks the free world. I miss him greatly.
Isn’t it so absolutely strange to see insecurity in Christians? I’m not expecting Christians to be perfect and have it all together – that’s not my point. I just think that if we know who we are in Christ and who we’re not, that should give us all the freedom in the world to live in the greatest of security, knowing that nothing can take that away, so why should we hold on to it all with both hands? You will be in my prayers…I know that leadership is a heavy mantle to wear at times. While I may have sounded jaded in my prior post on the church being ineffectual, I have a deep love for the church and yearn for her to be the true body of Christ and make a difference, and it seems you know and feel that responsibility.
Hey, you got beaten badly – by like 40 points. I only barely lost. So there.
Funny you’re talking about leadership again. I’m going through another Maxwell book right now. It’s like being back in school again or something.
Can I say Nertz addicts???
Hey Dan, for what it’s worth, I think you have a great style of leadership and I totally respect you as a musician. From the little I have witnessed, you also seem have a talent at building rapport with people that you serve, and you care about the individuals. Rock on!