I felt led to share this post (from 2009) with my coaching network the other day and I got several emails back from many of them about how timely it was for them. I’d like to share the repost with you and hope it serves up a bit of an encouragement to you also.
I have said those words in my head many times. I’m a complete failure. I’ve written the resignation letter… and was ready to hand it in. Then… ((gut check)) I begin to be reminded in my spirit of the changed lives I’ve seen. I’m committed for the long haul.
Alec Baldwin recently told a reporter:
“I don’t have any interest in acting anymore. Movies are part of my past. It’s been 30 years. I’m not young, but I have time to do something else.
It’s a difficult thing to say, but I believe it: I consider my entire movie career a complete failure. I’ll tell you why. The goal of moviemaking is to star in a film where your performance drives the film, and the film is either a soaring critical or commercial success, and I never had that.”
Sometimes we don’t realize the impact we make. We allow discouragement to set-in. And we consider our career a complete failure. I pray that today God reminds you, like He does with me, of your importance in the Kingdom. We need you for the long haul.