Stuck

I've been writing these random posts for a few months now, and while a lot of them are things that are on my heart and mind at the moment, sometimes I get stuck.  Like today for instance.  I'm sitting here trying to think of something super deep or some kind of analogy or even something funny.  I got nothin'.  And so, I'm just starting to write about...well...nothing! 
 
It makes me wonder if there are weeks when pastors get stuck?  Then it occurred to me how much I think I take them for granted sometimes.  I know we tend to see it as their "job", and hopefully it's a position that God has truly called them to, but that doesn't mean that they aren't human.  That doesn't mean that there couldn't be times when they just aren't feeling lead to speak on something in particular.  That doesn't mean that every single Sunday's message will hit home with everyone. 

I realize that Sunday mornings are not supposed to be my sole source of spiritual meat throughout the week, and I also realize that I shouldn't be looking to my pastor to spoon feed me either.  At the same time, if we're honest, I'm pretty sure that most of us walk in with some kind of expectations.  While it's unfair to expect sermons to be a home run every week, we kind of hope to at least get something out of it, right? 

Wow.  I don't think I could handle that kind of pressure.

All of that is to say that my mental block has stirred up a new appreciation for what my pastor, Curt Seaburg, does every week.  I am thankful that God has called him, gifted him, and given him the ability to communicate God's Word effectively.  I'm grateful that he's sought God's leading and poured prayer over his sermons each and every week.  I love that he's not afraid to switch up a pre-planned sermon series when God has lead him to speak on a different topic.  I admire his transparency and the fact that he's real about his shortcomings and failures.  I am so very thankful that God has raised up men like Pastor Curt to preach His Word boldly and unashamedly and to point others toward Christ's saving grace.

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.