why am i even in ministry

someone credible told me this morning that a family in our congregation lost their dog last night.  this family is very open about their grieving processes with various circumstances, and the same was true of this situation.  i heard they were taking it very hard, but wanted people to pray for them.  i went back to my office and facebook messaged one of the daughters in that family who is away at college.  i told her i heard what happened to her dog and expressed my condolences and told her i was praying for her family during this hard time and i asked how they were doing.

several minutes later, i received this response:
my dog?  what do you mean?  what’s wrong with my dog?

!#$!$%^!#%$!$!^&*#%$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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holy crap.  i suck.