My fear and anxiety drove me to Jesus Christ who was my Savior through it all. Our family gave up a big house for a small house but it was full of joy and love. I worked two jobs and God blessed me to learn that I could do well in business. After 18 months, I knew I was still called to be a minister, but I was a changed man.

The well-known successful businessman admitted to suffering burnout every year.

This encouraged me.

Someone else’s tragedy makes us feel a little better, not because we’re glad they suffered, but we realize we have something in common with someone hugely successful.

The time I suffered burnout I had been a minister for eleven years.

It lasted almost two years. It was, to borrow a phrase, the worst of times and the best of times.

Many ministers did not know what to do with me.

Some Christians treated me as though I had abandoned the Christian faith.

Some relatives were embarrassed with me.

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