Find the emotional component, the action component and the mental component of Nehemiah's reaction. Tell us about it. What good is a wall if the people inside are living like they are, treating one another unjustly and taking advantage of the poor. Nehemiah is pointing out how he had the right to take far more than he did. He is contrasting his behavior with theirs.
Some times there are more important issues than accomplishing a life mission.
And like your pastor, I need to feed my kids. I dream of providing an ever growing library of resources aimed at helping groups double every two years or less. The ultimate goal is to help the church in America double over the next 20 years by helping the individual teacher to double every two years or less and helping pastors double their churches every five years or less. If you use these lessons regularly, I would like to ask you or your church to make a regular contribution to this ministry.