Feb
16
2010
How Piper Almost Quit
John Piper shares a journal entry from 24 years ago. Here's the introduction:
Are you so discouraged you don’t know what to do next? I want to help you get through this. Maybe this will help.
The following quote is from my journal dated November 6, 1986. I had been at Bethlehem 6 years. If you have ever felt like this, remember this is 24 years ago and I am still here.
The point is: Beware of giving up too soon. Our emotions are not reliable guides.
Read the whole thing. Perhaps God will use one brother's "crisis of vision" to bolster you in the faith and keep you in your current place of ministry for another 24 years -- or more.