Myles Munroe - Overcoming Crisis

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

W hat do you do when everything you trusted in collapses? How do you prepare for a sudden change in life? How do you recover when life hits you on your blind side? After a lifetime of hard work, dedication, commitment, and loyalty to a chosen career, how do you suddenly change your vocation and skill sets? What do you do when a lifelong dream and investment is suddenly taken from you through no fault of your own? How do you bounce back after institutions that were expected to protect you suddenly pull the rug out from under your life? What do you say to your family when you face the reality that you may no longer be able to fulfill their expectations for security, support, and provision?

Where do you go when you want to work but there are no jobs? What do you do when your sense of pride for personal accomplishment is dashed in the fires of survival? How do you go on after the legacy of years of work is erased by a pink slip from the company you helped build? How do you face the family you once left to find your fortune and chase your dreams and ask them to take you back in because your world has evaporated? Where do you go when the ones you go to for help are also in need of help?

All the above questions are actual situations I have encountered in counseling hundreds of individuals who have fallen on difficult times in their lives. Though each situation was unique, one common factor linked them all: every trying situation was initiated by what we call a crisis.

Each one of us will face some type of crisis. We all encounter situations over which we have no personal control, which we did not expect or could not prevent. Many of us, perhaps, are still trying to recover from a broken marriage, the stillbirth of a child, the unexpected death of a spouse, child, or loved one. Maybe you lost your dream house, your dream car, your baby, or your business. Whatever your situation, these are all categorized as crises.

Living on earth requires that we must expect the unexpected and prepare for the unforeseen. Its the nature of life. But many of us do not possess the necessary mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual tools to successfully and effectively weather these seasons of turmoil. If this is your state, then this book is for you or for a loved one who needs to know that there is life after crisis.

T he world is in crisis. However, in the past there was no such concept as global crisis. Globalization is a modern term that describes the collapse of the many barriers between nations such as distance, culture, trade tariffs, and access to global communication. This new international phenomenon began with the advent of modern travel, increased with the invention of radio, television, and telephone technology, and then exploded with the emergence of computer and cyberspace technology. These inventions have forever changed life on planet Earth as we know it, impacting the movement of people, international trade and commerce, immigration and migration, cultural interaction, and political collaboration. The most important result of this global transformation is the interdependence of nations. The reality of this new age is the fact that the circumstances, events, or major changes in the social, political, economic, and cultural environments of one nation affect the environment of many other nations and communities.

At the writing of this manuscript, the world has entered into one of the most critical international crises of our generation. Every news broadcast gives us more information about the latest financial downturn or collapse. Everybody is affected in some way, even the wealthiest people. Nobody can stop it.