"Coping Out"...

i got a call here at campus house this morning and the conversation went something like this:

me: christian campus house, this is brad...

female voice: do you help people?

me: you are going to have to explain to me what you mean...

female voice: well, my family and i have to move back to new mexico and we really don't have any money

me: well, we are just a student organization and so we really don't have money. we usually send people to ____. (and i gave a name of another organization in town)

female voice: okay, thanks...bye

me: bye



and as i got off of the phone, i started to think about the conversation that i had just had. i realized that when i said that we really didn't have any money, that it was really my way of coping out and of not having to really care for this lady and to at least take the time to better understand her need.

i realize that as an organization, we do have a limited amount of funds available, but that certainly doesn't mean that i can't find out more about this ladies situation and see what i/we might be able to do. i know for sure that Jesus wouldn't just cop out on the situation, that is for sure.

i am not completely sure what the right approach is, but i am positive that my approach was not it.