A challenge from a walk

I went for a walk this evening. I thought I would just go return a movie, so off I went. As I was walking I came across an old man bending over and picking up garbage at the side of the road. Why is he doing this?, I thought to myself, is he crazy? is he just doing a nice thing? I don't know. Garbage on the street or the sidewalk might be one thing that many people complain about, but it's not often you see other people pick it up. Why would anyone want to touch garbage anyways, what if it's dirty? This got me thinking about how we as Christians are called to do the dirty work, to reach out where no one would think of or want to reach out. Do I do this enough? No, I think to often I am afraid that other people will think of me like I thought of that old man, is she crazy? Now what's so bad about being a little crazy I ask you? People thought Jesus was crazy when he mingled with tax collectors or prostitutes. Maybe we need to make being a little crazy a more common thing and not be so focused on fitting in. I dunno.
Audrey