Last night I was at a small group for Pastors in our area. I genuinely love getting together with these guys. Bill, Dan, Bruce, Phil and our wives get together three times a year for an evening. It is always enriching to go.
Now just to be real, please understand, that last night I had already worked 7:00-7:00 and the thought crossed my mind that I'd like to not go, but I'm awfully glad I did.
I had been looking forward to seeing a new church planter, Darrin, there but he was unable to attend. While we talked we reflected on the idea that pain is not wasted, rather it is recycled in the lives of others who don't have to make the same mistakes or share the same painful experience. That's why I had hoped Darrin would be there. There is so much that I would share with him from my first year of bumping and scraping through the rigors of Church Planting that hopefully could be recycled to help him have greater success than me.
--Ben
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