Greener Grass

Today was my final Mentored Ministry class. We were talking about how to deal with those difficult people who make being in ministry tough- ya know....the ones that make you want to  run towards the hills! But then our prof shared this little saying, which amazingly I had never heard: The grass isn't greener on the other side; the grass is greener where you water it. 

This quote rolled around my head all through class. It's so true. No matter where we are in ministry, the grass always looks greener on the other side. But in reality, we have spent so much time trying to figure out why their grass looks so much greener that we have forgotten to water our own. This could potentially revolutionize the way that Christians minister. There's always going to be those weeds that we cannot uproot, but we certainly can water our grass anyway.

And lo and behold, Jesus tells us that He is Living Water- now that's the kind of water I want to water my ministry with!

In His Mercy.