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Recently, after sharing that I had purchased a BMW motorcycle, I got this comment from someone I bumped into,   “It must be nice to be able to afford a BMW motorcycle.” You know what? Yes. As a matter of fact, it is nice. It’s nice to have a motorcycle. It’s nice to have a camper that my family can escape to on the weekends. It’s nice that my wife and I have two cars that are paid off. I’m thankful for all of it. But sometimes I wonder why people especially when it comes to pastors see what someone has without considering the work, sacrifice, decisions, and years behind it. Yes, I’m a pastor. I’ve devoted more than two decades of my life to serving the same church and community. But being a pastor isn’t the only thing I do. If you figure in my time as a youth pastor, I am just 1 year shy of 3 decades being a pastor. I’m also the Executive Director of a nonprofit crisis center. My wife, Tracy, works incredibly hard as a NICU nurse—not at one hospital, but two. On top of that, o...