Daily Reflections, Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Today's Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

David Blatner wrote this about scheduled departures in his book, The Flying Book. “Perhaps it is of little comfort, but the next time your airplane lands thirty minutes late, remember the seventeenth-century clipper ships. No one ever expected them to deliver their loads of passengers and cargo on schedule; in fact everyone rejoiced if a ship arrived in the right week or month-or even arrived at all.”

He goes on, “If O’Hare airport closes for six hours due to weather, flight schedules can be affected globally. A jet leaving Chicago may be needed in Washington D.C., so that it can take a flight to Los Angeles, and its captain can fly a different jet to Buenos Aires. Most airlines have a rule: Always inconvenience the fewest number of passengers. So if that flight to Los Angeles has 220 passengers, many of whom are making connecting flights to Australia and Asia and there is another airplane flying from Washington D.C., to Denver with only 50 people on it, the airline may cancel the Denver flight and use the airplane to fly to Los Angeles instead.”

Just as the weather in one city affects flights globally, so God uses circumstances beyond our control to direct our lives. Take comfort today, knowing that your Pilot knows far more about your life than you do.

Today's Quote: Faith is not without worry or care, but faith is fear that has said a prayer. —Author Unknown