Selfish? Or Caring?

I know that our pastor is in high demand around the Fellowship. But knowing this does not mean that we do not miss him when he is gone. And on this trip pastor missed three Sundays in a row. I went from missing him to wondering if he was alright to wondering if he had an offer to take a bigger church.

So when I saw pastor last night I was happy to see him. And I was happy to learn that he was preaching to us. And then he said something that cut me to the core. He said that it was selfish to think that he needed to be home more or to stay home more. So now it is selfish to want our pastor to be here for his own church?

For years pastor Mitchell would, at great expense, make it a point to be in his own church on Sunday morning. The biggest and most important service of the week. It was rare for pastor Mitchell not to be there on Sunday morning, even if he would be flying out on Sunday afternoon. We had good assistants in Prescott. But I always felt that if it all went south, pastor would be back soon to set things right.

The danger of being gone so much is that you become irrelevant to the ongoing work of the church. We have a handful of guys who can still preach to your church. You only have one church full of faithful people who love you and who support the Vision.

Please do not call me selfish for missing you.