To Help the One Who Asks

What we want done in the world is something precious to each human and to God. He doesn’t press what he wants done on us. Instead, he models how we should interact with each other through invitation and asking. This way the world grows and is filled with order. We know where our responsibility ends and another’s begins. 

In this story, Grandpa Paul recalls a mix up and overstep when one of his fellow missionaries asked him and his dorm boys for help.