I shared something with the Senior Citizens group on Wednesday of this past week that I would like to share with you this morning. Ministry can be and often is a difficult task. Oh, I know most of you only see me working for a couple of hours on Sunday mornings, and I’ve heard that old joke about us ministers only working one day a week more times than I care to remember. But it is hard work sometimes. Now, I’m not talking about hard work in the same sense that farming or making furniture or clothing is hard work. Those are physically demanding jobs, and I have great admiration for those who are willing and able to do them.

The demands of ministry are more mental and emotional than physical. For example, some of my old friends who knew me way back when I was "just an normal, ordinary perso…