The Blessing in Admitting our Spiritual Poverty
This week I have been helping to lead a retreat for twelve pastors from around the country. We all gathered in Denver, Colorado, and together sought the Lord at a retreat center right in the middle of the Rocky Mountains. It has been a beautiful time and the Spirit of God has met us in palpable ways.
During our time together one of the themes I have noticed among this group of spiritual leaders is a holy longing. There is a collective admission of lack and the need for God to fill holes in our lives that we have not managed to fill on our own. For some, it has been the admission of ministry fatigue, a wearing down of pastoral life where the motions start to lose their meaning. For some it has been an admission of a need for healing, acknowledging wounds we still carry that impact the way we live and lead. For some, it has been an admission of dryness, an honest confession of walking through a spiritual desert.
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