I always feel self-conscious eating food during fellowship time while sitting on the front row. Are my lips greasy, is there something on my face, is my mouth too full?
I ended up only eating a tiny portion of my dinner because I was miserable worrying about making sounds when adjusting the wrapping and/or dropping food all over myself. And it also makes it inconvenient to smile…is there anything in my teeth?
I felt kind of tense throughout, and kept consciously trying to relax my shoulders. The brief smiles were highlights, even if they weren’t coming my direction.
But the shepherding that is really shepherding…even if others would give up on them, you cannot give up and you continue to pray for them because they matter to you.
And He is able…I don’t know how He will…I don’t know what that actually entails…but…Amen.
He is able to guard our deposit in our guarding, and we are able to guard the deposit in His guarding.