Remaining Calm

If you're from Seattle, you may recall the motto of the famous Ivar's Seafood Restaurants: "Keep Clam" Of course, that was a pun on the phrase "Keep Calm", similar to the safety tip for boating.

We were alway taught if you fall into Puget Sound and the shock of the 40 degree water hits you, the first step is "Remain Calm", or as my loving lifeguard mother put it: "Don't Panic!"

Likewise if a viral pandemic breaks out, we need to follow a similar pattern, not on moral grounds, but on health grounds.  Having trouble keeping calm? Here's a helpful word from a scientific source:  Regaining Your Calm

Having trouble keeping calm? People of faith can exercise calm when reasons to fear materialize.  Scriptures such as this one from Ephesians can help us keep the shield of faith protecting us when fear rears its head:

"Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."