The Man Who Saved the World By Doing Nothing

I read a really fascinating article about a moment in 1983 when the Soviet military shot down a Korean passenger jet with a US Congressmen on board thinking it was a military plane in the wrong place. With tensions high between the US and USSR, Stanislav Petrov filled in at his post with the Soviet military a couple of weeks later when alarms sounded that World War III had begun. All he had to do was push a red button to respond, but he didn’t and ended up saving the world.

Read the rest of the story at Gimundo.com.

Sometimes we assume the worst in others or in our circumstances and act without thinking. As a result, we do more damage. We need to “have the wisdom to show restraint” (Proverbs 23:4).