Depressed Youth Pastor

I asked a colleague how his Church was going. He said, "We hired a Youth Pastor especially to grow the Youth, and the Youth has dwindled to eight. The Youth Pastor is depressed." I sent my colleague an e-mail afterwards: "It might not be about the Youth but the Youth Pastor -- I mean from the Lord's point of view. The depression seems to indicate that he sees it as his own work, not the Lord's work, and that may be an early, fundamental lesson to be learnt that provides strength for ministry in years to come." My colleague wrote back: "You are so right." OBSERVATION: A worthwhile investment, if that happens.