Kel began facing a dilemma today that we all face. He is really “chomping at the bit” to get back to Galveston and begin doing what he can to help people. Now, he’s been on the phone and computer non-stop for several days now, encouraging people and connecting them with the right website and telling them step by step what they can do next. He’s been pouring over on-line reports of Galveston so he can share information that’s correct, and point out reports that are bogus. In short, he has been doing exactly what he can do from 300 miles away. But he wants to be there.
But not his family, though. He feels that it is just too dangerous for them right now, so they should stay far away. Which means far away from him, but he desperately wants –needs – to be near – with – his family.
He has picked up some shifts at the Starbucks here in Mansfield. They really like his work ethic and charisma with customers. They want him to stick around. But he has been contacted by an Evangelical Free disaster relief team on the Island, and they have invited him in to work with them. It’s the opportunity he wanted, but he made a commitment to work a series of shifts up here. And he feels a strong compulsion to honor that commitment.
Confusion abounds. Divided loyalties tug. Two “right” choices loom ahead, so which one do you take? Sometimes the options facing us are both OK. Sometimes it really doesn’t matter which choice you make, as long as it’s not illegal or immoral or unscriptural. Choose to do something. And then, as 1 Corinthians 10:31 says, “Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
Father, I’m pretty confused right now, too. Grant Kel (and me) the wisdom to make the right choice. Grant Kel (and me) the patience to wait for the right time. Grant Kel (and me) the courage to take that actual first step. Grant Kel (and me) the energy to carry it through to the end, whatever that will look like. Amen
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