Right Field

Do you remember that movie, "A league of Their Own"? Its about a group of women who play baseball during WWII. While all of the men were off fighting the war, the ladies stepped up to the plate (pun intended). Ok, so there is a scene where the main character wants to quit the league. Her coach tries to reason with her, but her response is, "It just got too hard." To which the coach responded, "It's supposed to be hard, if it wasn't hard everyone would do it."

Those are some serious words of wisdom. Doing what is right can be just as hard. And if it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. I'm telling you, sometimes its just plain hard to do what is right. One thought I had is this. The opposite of right isn't wrong, its easy. Taking the easy route usually ends up being the wrong route. Matthew 7:13 and 14 say, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."
Taking the wide and easy road often leads to a place you don't want to be.

True leadership is about being able to make the tough calls. Its about doing right, especially when its hard. Any one can be a leader when the decisions are easy or if there are minor consequences on the line. But when its time to make the tough calls, that's when leadership is tested. That's when its proven.

And as a result of taking the hard road you experience life. The full passionate unbelievable life that I want and that I want our church to live.

So no matter how hard it is. No matter what the consequences. Do right. Lester Sumrall once said, "It's always right to do right, and it's always wrong to do wrong."

That's my two cents.