Have you ever found yourself asking,
“What am I doing?”
“Is this worth it?”
“Is this what we signed up for?”
If so you are not alone in your emotions, although these feelings can make you feel very isolated.
Missions and any form of leadership carries with it an aspect of loneliness. Ordinary friendships become even more difficult when we take on these positions and roles.
Dan Allendar in his excellent book, Leading With A Limp, says “Loneliness also assaults a leader when he must absorb the inevitable expressions of disappointment from others. A leader bears loneliness, but also the guilt that comes with others disappointment.”
Have you experienced this?
As a missionary, we will have great successes, but also disappoint people and fail to live up to their expectations.
Sometimes the greatest loneliness in leadership comes on the heels of our greatest success.
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