Another, a bit fuller en-Lightened, word from an older saint, about ministering which I came across today, which struck my spirit’s fancy:

“I’m nearly weightless as I serve with and in Him…

Heavy week of counseling here, but what I learned again, is that His Burden is light, and that His burden is Light! He carries our burdens and other’s, and He brings understanding and freedom to those we are carrying in our hearts, and to us as He does—He is always forming and discipling Himself into every direction-into the situation and into us! He brings understanding and love, and we ourselves don’t have to carry it all, but rather be formed by the participation in it. Life is His ministry of Himself to others and us, we get to collaborate and be formed by and with Christ,  as we walk alongside and with and in Him!

So, true ministers are nearly weightless beings! Our tiny crosses are levitated by His. Our small sufferings are informed by, and an opportunity to touch and commune with His. We disappear and re-appear as ourselves into the density of what He is, and what He is carrying through us!”