Weakness

"Therefore, a life in prayer is a life with open hands where you are not ashamed of your weakness but realize that it is more perfect for a man to be led by the other than to seek to hold everything in his own hands." Henri Nouwen - Open Hands

Sometimes pastors have a hard time with this. Honesty about our weaknesses is the first step in recovery but one that is often difficult to take. If we make an admission we feel that we are not as valuable. You would think that pastors, more than anyone, would realize our value comes from being a child of God.