Responding Under Pressure

Last weekend our hosting company canceled two of our websites. Needless to say, I was very upset! Responding well under pressure is one of my strengths. Being able to maintain indifference with the situation and focus on a solution is how I tend to approach problems.

I will not attempt to sell you on a cool as a cucumber persona in very situation but I credit my walk with the Lord for this attitude. I immediately cast that care on Him.

By the time the former hosting company responded with a modicum of excellence in customer care, I had already changed the DNS to another hosting company, rebuilt databases, chosen another domain name (that I just so happen to have), downloaded and uploaded a CMS and set things up with the new company.

My IT friend is Dutch and he had received the email left him overnight about the occurrence. He felt awful for me and the next thing he said was, "hey, I work well under pressure. Give me 30 minutes." He was speaking about GeoVi's Home for Pregnant Teens, the nonprofit site. My Favorite Ministries site wasn't as crucial. In fact, I had decided not to resurrect it.

He knew things I didn't and recovered information that helped me tremendously. He made five Word documents and sent them to me. As he worked behind the scenes, I worked on the front-end and sure to his word, the homepage looked as if nothing had happened in less than 30 minutes.

I pulled an all-nighter and due to the time difference, we were chatting as I worked. I was adding the Living Bible section to GeoVi's Home and the site crashed!! *laughing* Oooh, I can do that now!

I sent him this message via chat: "Ooops. I just enabled a plugin and the site is inaccessible." I sent him the message I got and he said, "that's what I get, too." I had not backed-up the site yet, and it was 95% complete again. Of course, he asked if it had been backed up.

Then he posted, "you like to keep me sharp don't you?" I was on the phone with one of my sisters and we were praying. He asked the time in the states where I was and it was 24 minutes later that he said, "it's working again," along with other admonishments. *sheepish grin*

When we cast our cares in faith to Him, He always has a ram in the bush. This young man has been a God-send to me. I've asked him to relocate to the states and once his girlfriend finishes University, he will consider it.

You are encouraged to recognize stress and pressures for what they are but not to feed them with doubt, panic and disbelief. Is it easy? Most definitely not but it is very possible. You see? With God, all things are possible. *warm smile*

Trust Him!

PS My Favorite Ministries was resurrected and morphed into My Favorite Ministry Place. Both sites were up in less than 48 hours. God gets the Glory!