Leadership story: Is it all a waste of time or not?

There was once a small village with a church and little bit more than a handful of houses located in a far remote place where there weren’t many tourists or any other kind of visitors. The people in the village were very connected and everyone knew each other like the back of their hand. When children grew up most of them went to big cities and soon the village had only a couple of elders left. The pastor in the village was a proud man who devoted his life to bringing change to each individual that would be in search of spiritual guidance no matter where or when that person needed help. So he stayed and continued to provide his services to the couple of elders that were in the village and a few shepherds which came past the village a couple of times each year. During winter the elders had a tough time coming to church and one Sunday when it was snowing heavily no one turned up for the service at the church. The pastor felt like it was all a waste of time and started doubting his calling. Maybe not his calling as much as his decision to stay in this village.

Then unexpectedly a local shepherd came to the church. To his surprise, the church was empty except the priest who stood in front of the alter quietly not saying a word. The priest decided to wait a little bit longer to see if anyone else would show up. After some time the priest decided to step up to…