another one of this fine-line balance things i always wonder about...

shaun groves asks:

Do you ever feel like you're doing more harm than good? The thought's crossed my mind this morning.

I wonder if part of that self-doubt exists because, well, fact is, those we hurt are often louder than those we help. I tend to carry around the one criticism from the past week as if it were a boulder, the majority view, as if there isn't a mountain of good that came out of the same seven days.

You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts in you.
-- isaiah 26:3

something cool to read from the iv ministries.