Do you ever feel like ‘throwing in the towel’? Of course you do! But do you… throw? Why??? (And, How???) What is it that makes you throw in the towel, give up, quit – or want to? No matter how much you have put into (fill in the blank) do you simply walk away? I suspect that there are times we should, but there are probably more times that we shouldn’t. What will make you choose what path is your ‘next’?
One thing I try to remember at these kinds of crossroads is the scripture that says… if God be for me, who can stand against me. And then I look at whether or not this should apply in this particular situation. Yes, God is always for me but my responsibility is to discover if this is something applicable, something I should be involved in, and by extension – continue. Regardless of the answer… I have my answer.
Towel throwing should be sparingly used. It’s a kind of ‘last resort’ response. What we need to do is prior to the throwing… back at the beginning, prior to being involved, assess whether we need or should be involved. There are many stimuli calling for our attention but it doesn’t mean that we need to respond to all of them. I don’t think we should put God in the position of a good luck charm to whip out whenever we need to get us out of situations we shouldn’t have gotten ourselves into in the first place.
If we didn’t do our initial ‘due diligence’ we can do so now to find our path and response. IF this is a towel throwing situation then our behavior is very important – the ‘how’ of extricating is vital. You can’t simply slink away nor can you throw a temper tantrum and point fingers. Cut your losses? Yes but you can’t leave others in the lurch without telling them of your decision and why. Sometimes this will help them to make their decision of continuing or… throwing in the towel.
…but, what do you think?
