You are not the first leader to experience this. It’s not an indictment on you or your skills or your walk with God that you are hitting this rough patch. It’s a natural phase in the growth of a leader and more, it’s a necessary phase.

There are two basic types of dysfunction for those wanting to serve others in ministry- the narcissist and the co-dependent. We all lean one way or the other on that continuum- some so little it's not really an issue, others, so much so that left unchecked we run the risk of shipwrecking the ministries we involve ourselves in... and even ourselves.