Ministry Highs & Lows, but Bloopers...Priceless!!

I was recently telling a close friend that being married to someone in the ministry has its ups and downs. She asked what were some of the high points and low points.

HIGH POINT: Brad was singing at a friend's wedding and Laura was just 2 years old. Laura kept tugging on my shirt asking if it was time for the kiss. I told her no and tried to hush her. A few seconds later she asked again. Again I told her no...she had all she could take and took matters into her own hands. She hopped off her pew and ran to the front where her dad was singing before a large congregation (all before I could pass my newborn off to the person next to me so I could go get her) and she tugged on his tux coat and Brad knelt down and she KISSED him. She could not wait for the KISS any longer!

LOW POINT: One year on our anniversary a disgruntled worship team member called my husband to complain about a decision that was made. The phone rang right as we were about to start our movie. He tried to set a time to speak with her later about the matter but she would not let him off the phone. The next three hours turned into a shouting tirade and Brad could hardly get a word in edgewise...something about a woman scorned. I would never have been so polite...I know how to hang up the phone.

HIGH POINT: Watching someone you met as a child, in the beginning of the ministry, grow into adulthood and begin planning their wedding with someone whom you also saw grow up in the church.

LOW POINT: burying a child.

But there is nothing so PRICELESS as watching your youngest son get baptized and as the pastor puts him under the water Josh's feet slip out from under him causing a "cannon ball" like splash and wave of water in the baptistry!

So yes, ministry has its highs and lows...but it is those priceless moments that make it all worth while!