Lazy Me (General Ministry Thoughts...)

My hair is long. My face is rugged. I haven't made a phone call in weeks. I am feeling a bit slow and down. I realize I have an entire summer of events that need to be organized; already scheduled but still a lot to do. I have been trying to get out new t-shirts for the last month. Haven't changed a thing within our youth ministry for months (I am normally full of new ideas). To top it all I have been just slow around the office and my desk is a mess! Besides responding to emails my communication to the outside world has been cut down a ton. I am not sure what it is. I recognize the approach, it is the same one I took during college. Go for the 'C' and everything will be fine. Thats not what I want for our ministry and even greater it is not what God wants for our ministry. How can I be more effective? I ask my self. The funny thing is I already know the answer. Put in the time. Do the work God has called you to do. If someone in a business setting did not do their job the entire business would crumble around them, but for some reason I have told my self that the church will be fine and the job will still get done. It won't! I have become to comfortable with the numbers we have been putting up at our gatherings. I am fine with just knowing students names and nothing else about their lives. Should I stop at 50 students and cut off numerical growth? Should I end relationships at a name? No way. I know I must keep going on. I should not rest until I have changed the world. It is easy to see change in one person and feel like the job is done, but there are still millions out there who need Christ. There are still thousands of youth in my own community who don't have a relationship with Christ. Is the job ever done?

Accept,
John Denton