One day a woman spotted Pablo Picasso in the market and pulled out a piece of paper. ‘Mr. Picasso’, she said excitedly, ‘I am a big fan. Please, could you do a little drawing for me?’ Picasso happily compiled and quickly etched out a piece of art for her on the paper provided. He smiled as he handed it back to her, and said, ‘That will be a million dollars.’ ‘But Mr. Picasso,’ the flustered woman replied, it only took you 30 seconds to do this little masterpiece.’ ‘My good woman’, Picasso laughed, ‘it took me 30 years to do that masterpiece in 30 seconds.’

Moral of the story: Are you new to ministry? Are you new to all those preaching and stuff? Remember it takes time to improve? So don’t give up!