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If it’s uncomfortable, you might be doing it rightPost
Growth and comfort never hold hands. One always leaves the room.
Hey Leader,
Let’s be honest—growth hurts. It stretches your thinking, tests your patience, and calls you into discomfort. But here’s the truth:
👉 If you’re not uncomfortable, you’re not growing.
Hebrews 12:11 reminds us that discipline is painful in the moment, but it produces a harvest for those trained by it.
Pain now. Fruit later.
You’re not being crushed—you’re being constructed.
“Comfort is the enemy of calling. Growth happens where grit meets grace.” —Brett Esslinger
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Let’s sow hope this Fall. Let’s give your people more than survival—let’s guide them into holy defiance and hard hope.
You’re not alone in this. I built this for pastors and leaders just like you.
This season, don’t run from the stretch. Lean into it. God is building something in you that can only be shaped in the fire.
Keep leading. It’s worth it.
—Brett
P.S. Hit reply if you’re in a stretch season right now. I’d love to pray with you.