I’m trying to write this blog, and it's definitely taking me out of my comfort zone. Following Christ, I don’t have any problem getting up in front of the entire congregation and making a fool of myself doing some skit, or speaking about Christ to a bunch of teenagers at the youth detention center, or teaching Sunday school to third through fifth grade kids. I have taught a men’s bible study and led a marriage small group in my home. Why does writing this blog seem like the most difficult thing I have ever been asked to do?
You see, all those other areas are easy because most of the time I am working from a written script or lesson plan that someone else has already prepared for me. So all I have to do is a little memorization or study time, make a few notes, and voila, ready-made study. But this requires me to actually do my own work. I can’t rely on someone else to do the hard stuff while I just be the voice.
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