I have had times in my life when I have been very depressed. At those times I want to keep to myself and sleep. However I have found it is very important to be with other people. When you are depressed you have a warped sense of the world, you need other people to bring you back to a more optimistic view. However much about life is not optimistic. There are all sorts of terrible things going on. Life without Jesus is genuinely depressing in the long term, although you may be living a life which seems full of fun to you. I have often wondered which is the right view of life, the one when I am depressed or the one when I am elated. It is good to seek for the truth.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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