You have to bleed a lot
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Years ago, when John Mark McMillan was asked how he was able to write powerful songs like “How He Loves,” his answer was short and profound:
“You have to bleed a lot.”
If you don’t know the story, he wrote the song after his best friend died in a car accident, and it’s probably worth a Google search to read about it.
My point here is simply that there is a high cost to great depth, and while many people want to have a story of healing, not many want to bleed.
If you and I are going to tell stories that resonate with a broken culture and inspire people toward a God Who overcomes, we’re going to have to bleed a lot. Our pain and healing is what will fill them with the hope they need to move past their pain and find healing, too.
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Paul Jenkins is lead pastor of The Gathering, a community church located in beautiful downtown Albemarle, North Carolina. He's the author of God is My Air Traffic Controller and My Name's Not Lou. Paul is passionate about his wife, his 3 children, running, reading, coaching, leading people who are following Jesus, Swedish Fish and the Carolina Panthers.
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