I’m currently doing a education/ancient history double degree, having upped my workload to three subjects this semester. As a consequence I’ve been dreading the number 5500. That’s how many words I’ve had to write across two assignments over the last five days.
Over the last two weeks I haven’t done a single church related activity.
No church services.
Not attending bible study.
My life has felt like nothing but reasearch, stressing, planning and writing for the past fortnight.
I even had to take a day off work.
Over the last fortnight I’ve become the very thing I used to hate - A flakey university student.
I used to hate it whenever my youth group leaders would skip events due to pressing university assignments.
I thought they were just unorganised and flakey.
Now I would be that leader.
And, if I was still in ministry, I would be vastly more sympathetic.
When I did my theology degree, I coasted through.
No worries.
Little stress.
Barely an insignificance.
Now, I’m neck-deep in assignments and have a far greater appreciation for university students.
Maybe every youth minister should undergo a stressful season of assignments and exams in order to know, or remember, what their leaders are going through.
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