The most unforgettable person you ever met

 In the 1970s a reporter named Charles Salter wrote a column for the Atlanta Journal called "Georgia Rambler." He'd get into his car, head out to some small town within driving distance of Atlanta and visit with folks of the community at the barber shop or cafe and basically ask one question:  "Who is the most unforgettable person you have met in this town?"

Mr. Salter developed a column that he wrote for years around this concept.  The question always led to a story.

How would that play out for you and me?

Who is the most unforgettable person your ever met in this...ministry?

Are they still involved?

Did they challenge you?

Did you gravitate toward them?

Did you count down the years, months, hours until they rotated off the board or the committee because they were so unforgettable that they drove you crazy?

I am trying to learn or appreciate the importance of being able to serve in ministry with the most unforgettable people of the world.

You and I can work and enjoy and "get some ministry" out of the people we like and are like us.  The people who show up and get the job done and don't ask questions and don't cause no trouble.  We get what we always have gotten and we'll keep getting what we've always gotten and it'll be mostly forgotten.

But the unforgettable people.  Are we willing to take part in the unique, crazed, maniac, heart-stopping, hair pulling ministry God has stored up for us and the world through these people?

That is where the wisdom lies, and the 10,000 hours come into play.  It's the music and the mastercraftmanship we signed up for when we started.

I'm afraid if Charles Salter wandered into my little ministry hamlet and asked his question of me, I would say, "Well I kind of remember this person one time..."

The story he would take back home would be woefully short.