Decisiveness

There is a wonderful story of General MacArthur during World War II. He called in his chief engineer on one occasion and asked it if would be possible to build a bridge across a certain river. The old, experienced, career soldier thought for a moment or two, then said, “Yep, general, I reckon it is possible.” “Good,” MacArthur answered, “have your draftsmen start on the drawings at once.” Three days later, he called the engineer back and asked how the bridge was coming. “It’s all ready,” the old soldier answered. “You can send troops across the bridge right now — unless you want to wait for the drawings. They’re not ready yet.”

Now, it is not always a good idea to build a bridge before you have the drawings. There are certain dangers involved in that. But we have been through a period of time in the Church when we have grown sick and tired of sitting and talking and drawing when bridges need to…