Even in Crisis

One night my wife and I were returning home in high spirits after a house group meeting. We boarded a bus to take us home. Suddenly, a man with a gun forced the driver to divert from the route. At first I thought, ‘He’s a young man; I can take him.’ But when I stood to try to overpower him I noticed that he was not alone. A gang of six armed men was on the bus. One of the men hit me on the head with the butt of a gun and I fell down.

The men moved from seat to seat as they robbed every passenger of their belongings. Those who resisted were beaten severely. Women screamed and men were terrified. No one came to our rescue.

Eventually, they stopped the bus and disappeared. We then realised that all our possessions were gone: handbags, wallets, mobile phones, laptops and other items. I turned to my wife, and to my surprise she was very calm. I asked her, ‘How can you remain so composed?’ She smiled and quoted Philippians 1:20 to me.

Since then I’ve learned that we can always find our strength and courage not in ourselves but in God.