Time and Tools

He asked, “What difference do you think your time and effort really make in this broken world?” I told him, “We do what we can with the time and tools available.” He wanted a metric, effort expended versus results achieved, cost-benefit and all that. We went back and forth, resolved nothing, and parted as friends. I didn’t say so, but I have my own notion about the workings of a ministry that lifts up the least among us and mends this broken world: We go where there’s need … we do the best we can … we thank God and carry on.