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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Pastor (11/30/06)
Pastors take on many roles and perform various duties. One would not argue the issues of one called to pastor.

Pastoring is definitely a humbling experience. One in which one must have unsurmountable trust and enormous faith in His God that can do great things out of His unconditional love for mankind.
A pastor is a shepherd any way you put it. A pastor tends his flock just as Jesus said He would never leave us or forsake us. A pastor leaves the 99 to find the one lost soul that desperately needs to know of His loving kindness, forgiveness and power to go on. A pastor reads between the lines just as Jesus did so many times when He saw the evil in peoples hearts but loved them anyway.
A pastor must be available to comfort and bring peace to disturbed and distraught lives just as Jesus told us to not few, for He is with us.

A pastor is greatly respected by some and quickly disregarded by many. A heart like Jesus'and a mind fixed only on the Lord is the only way a Pastor can wake each day with so many who are in need. A pastor automatically accepts the power of the Holy Spirit to reveal things necessary to Him to better minister to the soul in destructive pain and turmoil.

A pastor carries a great deal of weight on His shoulders from time to time. This is when a pastor reaches out to God, lays it all on the table and totally surrenders to the Lord.

A pastor gladly serves His God through each role he accepts and each duty He performs. With the Lord on His side, he knows all things are possible, and He waits for them.
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Donna Powers
12/09/06
A very good definition of a pastor. You expressed yourself clearly and well. Keep writing!
Myrna Noyes
12/12/06
This is a picture of a model pastor! Would that all could fit this description!

There was one sentence with a
"garbled" ending, but otherwise it was clearly written.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this subject!