Success as a Leader

For the past 5 or so years, I have been reading, learning, trying to figure out what it really means to be a leader. I have attended conferences, sat in meetings, and had discussions about the topic. The weird thing right now is that I am about to find out how good of a leader I have been in the past 4 1/2 years. In my transition to a new church, I leave behind a group of students on the verge of doing something great. There are several college volunteers along with several new graduates who are prepared to take over and hopefully do a better job than I did. The success of my leadership will be dependent on them taking what I have taught them and doing it themselves. I know that God is in control and He will do what He wants to do. These students have the opportunity to do the right thing and see other students come to know Jesus and have a better relationship with Him. I am sad to go, but I am excited about what God is doing here and where I go. To God be the glory, forever.

Changes

So, these past few months have been quite interesting. God has been working in ways that I have never expected. Like my last post, I understand that my faith in God is based upon Jesus and not my circumstances, but this has been a time when I get to put that faith (confidence) to the test.
The thing about change is that it is rarely easy. While I am excited on one side, I am not looking forward to the other side. I know that the emotion is coming but I don't really want to deal with it. I have been expecting the worst each time I have talked about the changes, only the best has come out. That makes me a little more worried about continuing the announcement.
So if you get to read this, just throw a little prayer up to our Father for us.