[John Mark] Comer reflects on the ways in which this past year has forced him to recognize how little control he has over circumstances, especially when it comes to the impossibility of pleasing everyone as a leader. He reflects, \u201cIt is literally impossible to lead through a year like 2020 and 2021 and not have a whole bunch of people upset about you. There\u2019s such a broad range of opinion issues\u2014social distancing and masks, right and left, people who want you to be political and others who don\u2019t.\u201d <\/p>\n
One of the invitations Comer sees for leaders in this difficult season is the ability to accept reality and limitations as they are and move from a place of fear into love. Comer notes, \u201cWhen we are fearful of something, we need the world to go a certain way, we need people to act toward us in a certain way in order to act toward them in love. As long as we [desire control], we\u2019ll always sabotage our growth into people of faith, hope and love. As the mystics would say, at the root of fear is a need for control.\u201d<\/p>\n
He adds, \u201cThe last year has exposed the illusion that we\u2019re more in control of our life than we actually are. It has given all of us an invitation to either freak out and rant or to actually begin to accept reality and move to a place of trusting love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe last yr has exposed the illusion that we\u2019re more in control of our life than we actually are. It has given all of us an invitation to either freak out+rant or to actually begin to accept reality and move to a place of trusting love\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/pv1xddsJwc<\/a> #parishministry<\/a><\/p>\n — Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) March 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n