“God Is Still My Co-pilot!”

Recently I had a chance to entertain at the local Rotary meeting and afterward a very dapper older gentleman asked to speak with me.  He happily told me that this year he is celebrating his 90^th birthday and he had a story of faith that he wanted to share with me.

Many years ago during the height of the Second World War, he “joined up” to do his part to help our country.  He was trained to be a pilot of a large a Bomber and in no time was shipped overseas to England to aid the Allied Army with their fight against Hitler.  Day after day he went up in his plane, not knowing if he would return.  When he was on one of his last missions, he was sent directly into Germany to take out a very strategic arsenal.  He dropped his bombs onto the target and turned his plane to head back once again to England when he began to experience difficulties with his oxygen tank.  He had been flying too high and being in a plane without pressurization meant that the oxygen tank could be the difference between life and death.  He began to feel very sleepy and went in and out of consciousness.  Some time later, he awoke to the plane flying straight and strong as if a co-pilot were steering the plane yet he knew he was alone.  He looked at all of the monitors and they were just as he left them.  So, he radioed into the base and reported that he had “gone under” for a little while.  He was greeted with astonishment and the cheers.  You see, he had not been out for just a brief few moments as he had thought; he was unconsciousness for more than an hour and a half.  In that time the plane had remained on course and latitude.  He cried as he told me that that was the first time he realized that the Lord could do anything when He has more plans for you.   He was only 20 when this happened to him and he is amazed that the Lord has 70 or more years planned for his life.  For all of us that may question our place in “God’s Tapestry of Life” we would do good to remember that His plan is infinite and we need to just let him take the wheel and enjoy the ride from the passenger seat.

Don’t loose faith; God will guide you to the right destination!

God Bless,

Jessie