YES! WE NEED ENCOURAGEMENT TOO
Whenever myself and one of my mentors are engaged in a discussion, he is not afraid of telling me where he has failed. I know it takes humility for someone whom you are looking up to open up to you points he once failed.
When you see someone who's not afraid to tell you they were not able to meet up to God's expectations at one time when you are actually looking up to them, please celebrate them. It takes a man who has allowed God to work on him to do that. That is by the way.
When we ask some people how they were able to arrive at a point, they say different things like "It's God, I am suprised too. I was able to attaim this height because I fasted for 3 good years." They have never shared their dark times before. They make their proteges look at them like they don't even "fart" at all.
Yes, there are days I wake up and I don't feel like praying. There have been days I didn't feel like studying. There have been times when I didn't do what God expected of me. But the me you saw yesterday is different from today. I am changing. When some of my proteges pick up fights with me that I don't ask of them frequently like I ought to, I just smile within. Of course I encourage them but they don't know I also need encouragement. They don't know there have been times that I have been down and I needed someone to just talk to. They don't know I also have my dark moments.
Few days ago, one of them called me and she was like she just called to check on me. You need to see how I beamed with smile all through the day because I needed it at that time. Her calls brightened me up.
What some of us expect from our pastors are always beyond them sometimes. Some of us pick up fights with our pastor because he didn't come to our house to see us when we fell sick. We forget they are humans too. We forget they also have blood flowing in them too.
Few years ago, my pastor lost one of his dear sons. I imagine the kind of pain he would be going through. The man of God came to church and he pretended like nothing happened. Tears were dropping from my eyes because I know humanly speaking, he would feel it. We thank the Holy Spirit who comforts us in all our troubles.
You must not be afraid of telling your mistakes to your followers. Mind you, let the Holy Spirit lead you before you share those things with them. I think the reason why you may need to share your dark moments is to encourage someone and to tell them not to give up. That purpose might be defeated when you share things which are not ripe to share.
Yes, our leaders also need our prayers ( 1Timothy 2:1-2). They also need our encouragement. There is nothing bad in it if you ask them if they are enjoying their walk with God. Ask them how they are faring. Pray for them.
God bless you.
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