Volunteer

I have the privilege of working with some great volunteers.  Today one of them can't do there role because silly enough, they have to do their day job.  Honestly the gall of some people.  Trying to make a living...  Anyway I am getting to see how much they mean to me and how much they do because of the vacum they leave.  This is scary I depend on this person every week to help mtake our ministry to the next level.  In that dependance I give up something.  Control.  By giving up control of his area of expertise.  I have to trust that it will be done right and with excellence.  At first it was a little ruff sometimes.  But now he routinely exceeds my expectations and does things better than I ever could.  A few things made this possible.

1.  I was desperate for help.  I'll admit it.  (This is when I should act spiritual and say I was continuously praying for the right volunteer)  In reality, I was way over my head and just trying to survive the weekly grind of ministry.  He came along to help and I was more than happy to give him things to do just so I could catch my breath.  I believe God saw my need and filled it.  And yes prayer was involved!

2.  I was willing to give things away.  I gave graphics away.  So much so that I hardly use Photoshop anymore.  I used to use it at least 8 hours a week.  Now its isn't even on my desktop.

3.  I want my volunteers to be better than me.  I want them to do things better than I can.  If they do, it builds the Kingdom and it makes me look like a genius :)