blurred about life"s simple complexities

Friday, June 24, 2005

natural trouble finder?

sometimes i think i get myself into troubles more than i get myself some sanity!

this time, its real blurness..

well, here's the scenario.. i have work to do and my other team members have a huge problem for the project. well, the problem really (and really) does not concern me cuz i'm really not related to the problem. but as a 'team member' (so to speak) wanted to stay back with my team members with the mentality of 'being part of the team'. so, i thought that my team members would leave office at the latest at 8pm cuz i need a lift to church for an event. but as the time went by.. it went to 9pm, 10pm.. and now 12am. i missed out the event in church.

on the other side, i've been encouraging my friends to go for the event in church and i had some responsibility to do for that event. i was all eager to go there and really wanted to go there after work since i've had a long week at work lately. but.. i missed it. and obviously my friends were dissapointed, or at least a small hinch of anger, of my absence in church. some of my colleagues knows that i was going to church and yep.. still in office with them here.

now the question is.. did i do what i did right?

there a thousand and one things that i could have done. but what i dont quite understand about myself is why did i stay here in office and i should be in church? or why am i staying here when the problem really doesnt concern me when i should be in doing what i was assigned to do in church? my colleague was just telling me.. 'if i were you, i would have just left early'. yeah, i could have done that, but my thoughts was, 'hey! we're part of a team, would you leave the team here all stressed out when you are out having fun??' of cuz i didnt say that.. i kept silent. then they kept asking me.. 'what are you doing here? you should be in church'.. well, that got me thinking.. 'why am i staying here again?'

my another friend was pretty shocked to see me online. i was telling him about my situation and well, we came to a conclusion. i'm very blurred and torn between 2 responsibility. where i am unable to make my decision to why i react the way i reacted. well, i have 2 obvious responsibility at this point of time: 1) a worker and a team player. 2) a church member. which one should i give more priority? as a worker, i bet God would want us to perform our best at work but as a church member, God would want us to learn from Him. well, of cuz point 2 sounds more logical and rasional for a christian but what happens when you are really required to work then? are you disobeying God? its like when i was once asked to work on one saturday and sunday which forced me to missed church that weekend. i was so furious cuz i had to miss church, but would it be rasional for me to be all determine and insist to my boss that i must not work on sundays? cuz when i did work that one sunday, and missed church, i still managed to feel God's presence at work (cuz i prayed that morning in office for a sound mind) and i realised that my boss too had to give up more sacrifices that no one knew about.
but anywayz, the question is still.. did i do what i did right? by putting my work first instead of church activities? another blur dilemma..

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think that by staying back longer than you needed to, you showed that you were a "team player." Just because you didn't stay as long as other colleagues doesn't mean you're less of a team player.

But then, again, don't get bogged down by church "activities" that you miss the purpose of your ministry. If the devil can't make you bad, he'll make you busy.

Pace yourself, make time for both, and especially make time to rest from work and church. Just playing and resting are good too.

Anonymous said...

There is an old saying in America, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." Rejoice!! You took it. ::grin::

Any time we have to choose between two obligations, we will always regret the one that we did not choose. The best thing to do, no matter what choice you made, or will make in the future, is ask God to use that choice to honor Him both before making it, and afterwards.