Calm in a Crisis
Have you ever left church and thought, "Wow! That was exactly the sermon I needed to hear!"? That was me on Sunday. The sermon was about Abigail , a woman in the Bible who responded calmly to a crisis when everyone else was overreacting. Our pastor, Andrew , is from Ireland, so he frequently introduces us to new cultural references in his sermons to illustrate his point. This week he referred to an insurance company from the UK whose slogan in the 80's was: "We won't make a drama out of a crisis." This is one of their commercials: We experience crises on a regular basis. Today you may be having a small crisis -- an unexpected change of plans, for example -- or you may be having a bigger crisis, like the one in the video. But whether it is big or small, you get to decide how you will respond. Will you make a drama out of a crisis? Or will you, like Abigail, respond with wisdom and calm in the midst of your storm? One reason that Pastor ...