By Davalynn Spencer @davalynnspencer
Last Monday, the post office was closed for the observance of Columbus Day. I imagine the following day had a line of postal patrons stretched out the door and into the lobby.
I have spent many post-Columbus-Day Tuesdays in a post office line. One year as I approached the end of the long queue, I noticed a college-aged man standing off to the side with paperwork in his hand. His facial expression suggested he’d never been inside a post office before.
“Are you in line?” I asked.
“Sort of,” he replied.
Not the answer I expected. I’d thought he would say yes or no.
I set my heavy box on the counter that separated waiting customers from the main counter, then looked at the young man and indicated the space in front of me. The space he should have been occupying.
“Go ahead.”
He did.
I don’t know the reason for his hesitancy that day. Many things could have kept him in the corner watching the line grow longer. But he reminded me of how dangerous it can be to go through life with a “sort of” attitude.
Some folks drive with that mentality—sort of in their lane. Often couples don’t get married because things might not work out. And others are often in a perpetual wishy-washy state about everything.
It’s not safe.
Yes, we all look for guidance in our decisions, but once we find it, shouldn’t we commit, whether to our convictions or our relationships with other people and with God?
The Bible mentions this concept several times:
…choose today whom you will serve … (Joshua 24:15)
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death … (Deuteronomy 30:19)
How much longer will you waver, hobbling between two opinions? (1 Kings 18:21)
… you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! (Rev. 3:15)
The young man in the post office was getting nowhere until he committed to either get in line or leave.
God committed Himself to us in His unfailing love. Jesus didn’t sort of save us from the penalty of sin. And we don’t have to fear that there is a sort-of way to heaven.
Thank God, He’s as clear and certain as His word, and that word stands forever.
For the word of the Lord holds true,
and we can trust everything He does.
He loves whatever is just and good;
the unfailing love of the Lord fills the earth.”
Psalm 33:4-5
Is there something in your life to which you need to step up and say either yes, or no?
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By the time Matt made it home, he felt better. He stocked his cupboards and fridge, set the gifts out on the counter, and started a fire in the fireplace. In spite of the new furnace, a fire seemed friendlier, warmer.
“Don’t be a stranger,” Mollie had said. He’d love to show up at her boarding house dinner table, take a seat across from Breanna, and stare a hole through Aaron’s forehead.
Instead, he walked to his bedroom for his drafting table. He’d move it to the living room, crank up the radio for background music, and work on some plans that needed his attention.
He flipped on the light and stood staring at the blank space against the outside wall. It took him a moment to remember, and the irony tugged at his mouth. He’d left the table at the boarding house. Good reason to drop by.
After a broiled steak and baked potato, Matt decided to stick to his earlier resolve and stay away while Mollie’s weekend guests were there. In truth, he didn’t trust himself, and he didn’t need to do anything to make Breanna think he was some kind of animal. Some kind of… ~A Boarding House Christmas from “A Country Christmas Collection“
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