I have often wondered just how much prayer goes into calling folks to positions. Sometimes it has seemed to me that it is more of a process called decision under fire. This is especially true to those few who have musicial and scouting talents or who have the talent to work with youth. Having said that, I refused one time many years ago to accept a position when called because of the reasons stated above and I have felt guilty every since. On another occassion, I was in the middle of a new job negotiation and was called to serve in the Bishopric again. I turned it down because of the traveling that would ocurr with the new job. So they called someone else. A few weeks later, I broke the negotiations off as the job was not going to end up being what I wanted. I felt guilty about that decision and thus I reached a conclusion that whateve I am called to do, I will do it, no matter what the consequances. So far, that has given me more peace of mind than being selective.
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