My title this time is not original, as you can probably tell by the quality. It is taken from a billboard ad of a popular trial lawyer. It has been several months since I noticed it and don't know if it is still being used, but I thought what a great title for a sermon. Since I am not a preacher (at least professionally) I will use it here.
Of course, the lawyer was advertising for folks injured in a car crash, but life in general can be just as destructive as any car accident. None of us can deny that we are living in a perilous economic time. Major and minor corporations are laying folks off by the thousand's. And what about the gas prices. Anyone saying I'll pay more to go to work? I didn't think so! Life is hard and most of us, if we live long enough and are honest, will come face to face with a personal crash of some kind or the other. It might be the death of a child or some other family member or dear friend. Maybe your marriage is failing. Maybe your spouse is being sent into a war zone. Who knows what any of us will go through? It's how we face that crisis, that hick up in our lives, that matters most of all.
About 25 years ago, I began working, but no longer do, in the emergency medical field. Where I lived it wasn't easy finding work, so I trained as an Emergency Medical Technician. Let me tell you, a thick skin and a strong faith are absolutely necessary to survive that profession. Most times I interacted with people at the very worst possible moment in their lives. From loosing a baby through mis-carriage to heart attacks, strokes and everything in between, and those affected never reacted the same way. Their reactions were as different as their personalties and cultural upbringing.
So what do we do when the worst thing that could happen actually happens? Well, as indicated above, some turn to the lawyers to heal their pain. For some, suing the offending party, seems to work. But I will argue that for most it is only superficial. Some look to the politicians to make laws or provide programs to change the way things are done. Do these work? Sometimes at best, but rarely are they helpful. But the Word of God, the Bible, is a place for solitude and comfort that works and works and works and heals much deeper and last much longer than any of us can possibly imagine.
Since I could never say it any better than God's word, I will leave you with portions of Psalm 91:
V. 2: "I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I will trust."
v. 4: " He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge."
And in Vs 14-16 the Lord makes this promise to David and because we are the Lord's, to us as well. " Because he loves me, says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. he will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation."
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