But boy , did that hurt . I don ’ t know if you ’ ve ever had an open wound that needed immediate attention , in need of some mending and stitches , let alone some lidocaine to ease the pain as the sutures were secured , but as a kid , that was a memory I won ’ t forget . I still wear the scars .
Fast forward 7 to 8 years , I remember my first disappointment with a leader as an overly skinny , tall , awkward middle-school teenager . A leader I had looked up to , a man of God , a person I esteemed to be like one day . Boy , did it sting ! I remember talking to my youth pastor about it , as I had learned that this leader had fallen morally as a husband , leader , and minister of the
Gospel of Yeshua . For some reason , that deeply impacted me and wounded my leadership soul . Boy , did that hurt . I recall that moment affecting me so profoundly as a young man that it brought tears to my eyes , that feeling of anger and frustration pulsing through my adolescent veins . I still wear those scars .
The interesting thing about scars is that they only become scars after healing has occurred . I mean , can you imagine if my knee never healed from that early childhood physical wound of the chase and seek . Yet , the pain at the moment began the healing process and resulted in a physical scar and remains today as a reminder of the healing that occurred . Let ’ s just say I also learned never to jump on couches again .
The same can be true about our leadership wounds . The reality is that many , if not most of us , have encountered some hurt or woundedness due to someone else ’ s leadership , or lack thereof . As a result , we may be leading out of those leadership wounds and not out of those leadership scars . What do I mean by that ? We have not yet fully healed regarding the leadership wounds and hurts we have encountered and endured , whether from a parent , pastor , rabbi , congregational leader , boss , manager , or anyone else we have placed in a leadership position within our lives .
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