Recently, a Marketplace Chaplains Care Partner was called by a company they serve to respond to a potential suicide threat. A male employee had a gun and was not responding to police efforts.
The care partner arrived and made verbal contact with the young man and engaged him in conversation to attempt a peaceful resolution. The employee started sharing his personal struggles.
The care partner convinced this man to relinquish his gun and allow authorities to take him for psychiatric care.
Colossians 3:12 says, “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Because of the compassion, patience, empathy and understanding of this chaplain, and the employer who hired him, a life—and maybe more than one—was saved.
