The phonecall

The phone rang. When we answered it was the operations manager. I heard him clear his voice and say solemnly, “Due to the serious nature of this call I am here with the HR director and a lawyer. If what I say sounds formal it's because I am reading it from a piece of paper”. I looked at Chris and frowned. My heart had picked up a few more beats. He continued, “ I regret to inform you, that with immediate effect, Medair is termin...” I couldn't focus on the words. A voice in my head was screaming “this call is not for you, just turn off the phone, just turn it off....” There was silence as a list of accusations were read out about us. “Recent assessment report......failure.....at a great cost......close down programme......grave concerns” When it had finished we just stayed in stunned silence. “Do you have anything to say”, they asked. Chris replied “If I say anything now you are not going to like it”.
When we came off the phone we prayed together. We asked God to support us through this. We asked for Him to calm our anger and turn away from revenge. We wanted to seek justice, fairness and a chance to plead our case. We had read Psalm 37 that morning and reminded ourselves of the words, “Be still and wait patiently for the Lord. Do not fret when men succeed in their ways. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath”.