Sermon Illustrations
Help, Police, I Can't Find My Cell Phone!
So you think you have problems? Well, this poor woman had to call the police for a drastic issue: she couldn't find her cell phone. "On October 3, a woman in Middletown, Connecticut, called 911 and hung up. Police rushed to the scene, which was a familiar one since the caller had already dialed 911 more than 70 times this year, mostly for the types of everyday emergencies that are usually resolved without law-enforcement intervention. This day was no different. The woman's cell phone had inexplicably disappeared, a problem that likely seems far direr when you are drunk, as the police report said she was. When pressed for more details, she told them that they were no longer needed: 'Oh, yeah. My phone. I found my phone, so I'm all set.'"
Possible Preaching Angle:
Some people have a term for this woman's crisis—"a first world problem." God certainly honors all of our trials, even small trials, but sometimes we're just living in a zone of ingratitude and whining.
Source:
Jaime Fuller, “Woman Calls 911 for About the 75th Time This Year to Report Missing Cell Phone,” New York Magazine (11-14-15)