Monday Memo
“Poise Under Pressure”
Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you were encouraged this weekend through the faithful teaching of a bible teaching church in the area. My pastor’s sermon was an encouragement to be faithful in regular times of prayer and communication with God. We can all be thankful for the faithful, spiritual leadership of the pastors in our area.
This morning I have been thinking about the importance of modeling poise under pressure. The word poise refers to a regulating power that helps to balance one thing against another. For example, think of a very good NFL quarterback. How does he react when all the players on the other team are suddenly in his face trying to take him down? Good quarterbacks learn to maintain poise even under a great deal of pressure. Most of us will never play a down of football at the quarterback position but we will get many opportunities to demonstrate poise under pressure.
You can probably think of an area in your part of the work environment where you are sometimes responsible to show poise under pressure. It could be an insensitive comment from a fellow staff member. Maybe it is an ungrateful attitude from a client here that you are sincerely trying to help. Perhaps one of the mission’s volunteers fails to do what you have asked them to do. In all these examples self-control and self-discipline are called for. All of us will have the opportunity this week to demonstrate poise under pressure. Take a lesson from a good quarterback and try and remain calm in the face of pressure. When you do, you might just hear Jesus say: look at my son, look at my daughter. Now that was a great play! Think about that and share with your co-workers the victory stories of lessons learned right here at the mission from modeling poise under pressure.
Alvin
