Hebrews 13:7-8 (The Message) Appreciate your pastoral leaders who gave you the Word of God. Take a good look at the way they live, and let their faithfulness instruct you, as well as their truthfulness. There should be a consistency that runs through us all. For Jesus doesn't change—yesterday, today, tomorrow, he's always totally himself.
Traditionally we honor our pastors in October but this week step outside of your schedule and take a look at all the thing they do. Some pastors are bi-vocational so they work a 40 hour a week job then spend time visiting the elderly and sick, preparing sermons, sometimes cleaning the church, tending to repairs, mowing and any other activity that no one else will do. Even the full time pastors carry these same burdens. Our pastors are often over worked and under paid. They are there crying out to God with us and for us through rough times and sharing our joys in the good times. They are faithful, often much more faithful than we are. Show them that their sermons are reaching fertile ground in your heart, start living like Christ. Tell them and show them how much they have blessed your life.
Love and God Bless,
Cindy Irwin
