Surrender Series: Surrender In Crisis

For the most part, there is always a sense of wanting to be in control at a time of crisis and when we are unable to be in control, we might put up a resistance.

What if I told you about surrender as a coping and recovery strategy?

You’d probably be saying to yourself—I’m giving up all of my rights or my power and chickening out, to calm the noise.

More so, that we might be perceived as being careless in a serious situation.

Au contraire!

When we stay calculated and calm in crisis, our surrender powers are strengthened, and it brings us to a wondrous place. We are especially in a better position to make urgent and lifesaving decisions.

I recently had a crisis with a food allergy whilst celebrating at lunch with a client/sister-friend. The staff was panicking but I remained calm and gave them my reassurance.

My episode was severe, however, my calm resolve was a major part getting to a place of recovery. I was familiar with this emergency—albeit not recently and not in at least two decades.

A million apologies later, and with so many feeling the sense of burden and responsibility, I reassured them that in circumstances of this nature, we can’t all be in panic mode if we’re going to make decisions.

What should have been resolved as an unintentional incident, was met with many apologies.

Having left and spoken with everyone during the episode, John 14:27 immediately came to mind.

In a crisis, we can choose to get to a place of responsible calm or we can all be in high alert and miss an important step.

In this situation, I chose surrender, and we all came out of a crisis with a beautiful understanding of each other.

Are you ready to surrender?

Nicole Joseph-Chin is the author of Ready to Surrender – “A pocketbook of peace, power, and purpose”