“Does anything bad happen with Cru? Or with you?”
A friend and ministry financial supporter asked me this question last month. I stared at him for a bit, thinking about how to answer that question.
Much of our work related to Human Resources has involved things I would not, and could not write in one of these letters. Some of them are bad things that have happened in Cru with our staff. Sometimes our staff mess up, and sometimes leaders mess up!
Our staff, like those you work with, are flawed people. Even leaders I admire have deficiencies that can make them hard to work with! I have deficiencies that make ME hard to work with! We’ve experienced frustrating work relationships like that.
Sometimes we get frustrated with organizational dysfunction, and politics. It can be hard to understand why there can seem to be a lack of accountability for some behaviors, or with how certain decisions are made. Cru is not perfect, not even close!
And our family? we have issues too. The result is, there are times where things are just plain hard, and they stink! So, yes, life is hard sometimes. I know your life is hard sometimes too.
I taught Sunday School this past Sunday and was encouraged by 1 Peter 5:10, “And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.”
In the context, the suffering was related to persecution, but I believe it’s true with many of the hard times in life…He will restore us, make us strong, firm, and steadfast. There is hope!
Thank you for the support you have been to us through good times and hard times. Your kindness and faithfulness are a great encouragement.
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