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When God does not prevent the suffering we begged Him to stop, we may begin to question whether He loves us. Through biblical lament, the compassion of Jesus, and the mystery of the Cross, discover why we can bring our deepest grief to the Father and trust His love even when His purposes remain hidden.
When someone tells a pastor that his conduct has caused harm, a justified decision does not settle the question of whether he acted faithfully. The pastor must hear the concern, examine his own conduct, repent where he has sinned, and continue caring for the person—even when trust takes time to rebuild.
Preaching, teaching, shepherding, and leading overlap, but they are not the same competencies. Churches can easily mistake visible preaching ability for pastoral competence—and pastors can make the same mistake about themselves. Faithful stewardship requires leaders to recognize their personality propensities, develop what must be developed, delegate what should be delegated, and make sure the people entrusted to them are actually being shepherded well.
