Church of the Redeemer
Southfield, MI:
Keep Your Cool ‹ Pastor Dale O'Shields
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Have you ever lost your cool? All of us have moments when we wish we were more composed.
“Composure” refers to “calmness or repose especially of mind.” (Merriam-Webster) Composed people don’t “lose it” in a moment of stress or tension. They keep their “cool.”
Keeping composure is not only a nice thing to do, it’s something we need to do. Keeping our cool keeps us from creating emotional messes and forfeiting important opportunities.
Moses learned this lesson the hard way. At one point in his leadership of Israel, Moses “lost it.” The constant grumbling of the…
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