“Ministry” is demonstrating love to others the way God has demonstrated love for you. 

Laying yourself, your life down to serve, to benefit, to build, to add value to someone else’s life… freely.

Showing people that they are worth our time, they are worth our attention, they are worth our care. 

They can see in your eyes, it’s real, raw, not some hyped up fluffy love with common cliches. It’s a love that gives regardless of what is deserved or expected. It’s a love that expects nothing in return. It’s a love that does not change based on the response, that isn’t offended by first impressions, reputations, or accusations. 

That’s why I’ve never liked the term “full-time ministry”. We all are full-time re-presenters of God’s audacious, unchanging , furious love. 

Your love for people is paralleled by your understanding of God’s love toward you. 

The ministry is to love as He loved. 

That is the distinguishing mark of the believer. 

“By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” - John 13:35

I started on this journey just a little over a year ago, I started asking one thing, “God, teach me to love.”