Interruptions

The other morning I got up with a list of things that had to be done that day. When I lay down on the same bed that same night, none of the things I had planned to do had been done. Have you ever had a day when you never got to your “To Do” list because of interruptions? Some weeks, I have about three of those days. I hear the term “The Ministry of Interruptions” and it bothers me because I try to be so organized. How could an interruption be meaningful, much less ministry? But it was for Jesus. He had an entire of day of interruptions – a man named Legion with emotional issues, a government official named Jairus with a family concern, a woman with a physical problem that doctors couldn’t solve, and a young girl that appeared to have died. I don’t know what he had planned for that day, but if you’ll read Mark 5, you will discover what Jesus did with the interruptions that came into His schedule. May you and I do as well with the interruptions that come our way this week.