Taking Care of Unfinished Business

A young Korean once approached the counter at Trans World Airlines and explained that nine years earlier, when he was 17, he’d travelled on a child’s ticket. Now he wanted to pay the difference. The agent was dumbfounded by his honesty! Billy Kim was 17 when the Korean War broke out. His dad died and his school was bombed, so he joined the American troops, shining boots and washing dishes. When he got an opportunity to go to America, he was thrilled. Landing in San Francisco he thought he’d arrived in heaven! But he had to get from there to his sponsor in Virginia, and he had no money. Afraid he’d get lost, some friends bought him a child’s ticket and pinned a note on his uniform; it read, “To Whom It May Concern, send this boy to Route 1, Box 75, Danville, Virginia.” But the story doesn’t end there. Billy later became an influential leader. Not bad for a boy who shined shoes!

God’s choice of leaders has less to do with connections and charisma than with character and humility. Restitution is important in God’s economy, after all He sent Jesus to set things right between us and Himself. Do you have any unfinished business that needs attention?

Peter Morphew
Chaplain