[TonyB06]

Years ago, a pastor, concluding his message, shared a frightening yet thought-provoking life experience.

He had been on a long flight. The first warning of approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane flashed on: "Fasten your seat belts." Then, after a while, a calm voice said, "We won't be serving the beverages at this time as we are expecting a little turbulence. Please be sure your seat belt is fastened."

As he looked around the aircraft, it was obvious that many of the passengers were becoming apprehensive. Later, the voice of the announcer said, "We are so sorry that we are unable to serve the meal at this time. The turbulence is still ahead of us."

And then the storm broke. Thunder cracks could be heard even above the engine's roar. Lightening lit up the darkening skies, and within moments the plane was like a cork tossed around on an ocean. One moment lifted on terrific currents of air; the next, dropped as if it were about to crash.

The pastor confessed that he, too, was fearful. "As I looked around the plane, I could see that nearly all the passengers were upset and alarmed. Some were praying. And probably wondering if they would make it through the storm.

And then, I suddenly saw a girl to whom the storm meant nothing. She had tucked her feet beneath her as she sat on her seat and was reading a book. Everything within her small world was calm and orderly. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would read again; then she would straighten her legs, but worry and fear were not in her world. When the plane was being buffeted, when it lurched this way and that, as it rose and fell with frightening severity, when all the adults were scared half to death, that child was completely composed and unafraid."

The minister could hardly believe his eyes.

When the plane finally landed and all the passengers were hurrying to disembark, he lingered to talk to the little girl. Having commented about the storm and behavior of the plane, he asked why she had not been afraid.

The sweet child replied, "Sir, my Daddy is the pilot, and he is taking me home."


...Do you have that kind of faith?