Ministry is messy. That thought ran through my head last night as I visited with a family going through some difficult things. I even had one of those kicks and dubbed them a "Jesus family"which is my new term for a family Jesus would have ministered to. I had a knee jerk reaction and thought, "THIS is ministry! Everything else is just a cakewalk! People with no problems making each other feel good!" hehe But honestly, Jesus is so intriguing. We have this image of him (or at least I do) that all his ministry stuff went perfect. How many times did a whore try to pick him up? How many times did a drunk try to pick a fight while Jesus ministered in a bar? How many times did a thief try to steal from Jesus? How many filthy conversations were going on with and around Christ? He got dirty. He got messy. He went to those who NEEDED him. Jesus did it up right, y'all.