On paper

I am working with the leadership of our church to select a new pastor. Our church is above average in size, and has a good reputation in our denomination, so we have no shortage of people applying for the job. Our former pastor has moved up to a leadership position in our denominations Southern California District office, and is still very well thought-of in the entire So Cal area, and he's also well connected. He has input on the people who we are considering, and that is interesting, because some of these people look bad on paper. Others look good on paper, but after meeting them we just don't seem to 'click.'

What is it about people that makes it so hard to contain their essence on paper accurately? What would I write about myself? You? And the big question: do we see ourselves as God see us?

Wow - considering I'm still working on my second cup of coffee for the morning, that's deep!

1 Samuel 16:6 When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’s anointed stands here before the LORD.”

7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”