A graduating seminary student received his appointment from the bishop. He was complaining because he didn’t get the appointment he felt he deserved.

Another student, in a loving but unsympathetic way patted him on the back and said, “You know the world is a better place because Michelangelo didn’t say, ‘I don’t do ceilings.’”

He lifted up Jesus for his friend to see because he understood that To Serve is To Follow.

Go from the beginning of the Bible to the end, and you will see over and over again the story of men and women who had servant hearts. And the world is a better place, because Moses didn’t say, “I don’t do rivers.” Noah didn’t say, “I don’t do arks.” Jeremiah didn’t say, “I don’t do weeping.” David didn’t say, “I don’t do giants.” Mary didn’t say, “I don’t do virgin births.” Mary Magdalene didn’t say, “I don’t do feet.” John the Baptist didn’t say, “I don’t do deserts.” Paul didn’t say, “I don’t do letters.” Jesus didn’t say, “I don’t do crosses.”

And the world is a better place because Fred Jordan didn’t say, “I don’t do Skid Row.”

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