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IT STILL TAKES DESIRE
By: Bill Byant, Wooddale Church of Christ
The story is told of a man who injured his thumb on the job. He was told by his foreman to go to the clinic.
He stepped inside the clinic and saw an empty room with only a desk and two chairs.
Toward the back of the room were two doors, one marked “ILLNESS” and the other marked “INJURY.” He walked through the door marked “INJURY.”
He found himself in a second room. It was empty except for a desk and two chairs. Toward the back of the room were two doors, one marked “INTERNAL” and the other marked “EXTERNAL.”
The man thought to himself, “It’s my thumb that is hurt, not something inside.” He walked through the door marked “EXTERNAL”.
He found himself in another room. It was empty except for a desk and two chairs. Toward the back of the room were two doors, one marked “THERAPY” and the other marked “TREATMENT.” He walked through the door marked “TREATMENT.”
He found himself in still a fourth room. It was empty except for a desk and two chairs. Toward the back of the room were two doors, one marked “MAJOR” and the other marked “MINOR.” He thought to himself, “This isn’t a major injury. It’s just my thumb that is hurt.” He walked through the door marked “MINOR.”
He found himself outside the clinic in the street. He went back to work. The foreman saw him and asked, “Were they able to help you?” The man said, “I’m not sure, but I will tell you one thing. That is the best organized outfit I have ever seen!”
The moral of the story is that organization is a wonderful thing, but it still takes people to make things work. That is true of health clinics and it is especially true for the church. Organization helps us to do what we WANT to do for the Lord, but it does not create the desire.
