Would Lee still order Pickett's Charge if he knew the potential results?

Gettysburg Conference, Day 2

Take a look again at the 2 minute clip I posted yesterday.  I was struck at how accurate Buford's prediction was - but for the opposing army.  Well, today, after visiting the Battlefield Museum and touring much of the Day 1 battlefield, Jay (Cru Staff, our battlefield guide and the director of this conference) made the observation that successful leadership isn't truly about the results - it's about taking action.  Teddy Roosevelt famously put it this way:

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

If that's true - and I'm still mulling that over - then the most important fact about the leadership of General Lee - and General Grant - is that they took action.  With Lee for sure, his clarity and decisiveness were part of the reason he was so beloved.

So how does that apply to you and me?  I have areas of my life - especially my inner life - where I can be paralyzed by indecision, and unwilling to face the actual reality of what's going on with me.  If I make an honest assessment, and in consultation with others take action, then I don't need to be 100% sure I'm right.  Maybe I don't need to be 80% sure, because I am trusting God with the results - just as generals on both sides of the Civil War were.

A portion of Pickett's Charge, from the Cyclorama at Gettysburg Battlefield