There are doctors who listen and who care and who do what they can to help a person in need. There are doctors who have an agenda on what they think that you need and they are focused on you following their directions. Guess which doctor I will call when I am sick and need a physician?
There are pastors who care and who are familiar with and sensitive to the members in their church. There are pastors who love us and who appreciate us and who put value on everything we do in and out of church. Guess which one I will call when I need counseling?
When the young pastor took over his new church he began to make the rounds, visiting with and talking to the members of his church. As he talked with folks one name began to come up over and over again from church members. One day the young pastor called one of his elders and asked him if he knew the man people kept mentioning to him. The elder said yes, he knew him. He told the young pastor that the man was once the pastor of that church several years ago.
Why do people still talk about him today?
The elder replied, well son, he just loved us. He cared about us and what we did and who we were. He was a good preacher, but we always knew that he loved us.
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