Dedicated to the Hurting Leader

This post is for hurting leaders:
the confused; the struggling; the attacked; the dejected; the depressed; the lost;
the suffering;the fallen.
Leader, if these words describe you, do not let these words define you.
You exist in the eyes of God as if you were his only treasured leader.
To Him, you are irreplaceable.
He sees you where it hurts and he only wants to meet you there.
I pray, that this day, you are encouraged by His promise:
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed;
perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned;
struck down, but not destroyed.” (2 Corinthians 4:8)
This is not a catchy phrase or a good Hallmark line.
2 Corinthians 4:8 is a promise that has the living breath and the beating heart of God behind every word.
He put this verse in His book, which has outlasted every book ever written over the last 4000 years.
His word spans all generations and has saved the most downcast and dejected.
If you used any of the aforementioned words to describe you, use God’s promise to define you.
Hug on these words as though they were the only words left—and know that that would be plenty.
And where ever you are, in the darkest corner of a lightless pit,
God is sitting there right beside you.
Friend, I’m praying for you.
And He loves you.