In "Silent Strength for My Life", Lloyd John Ogilvie tells
the story of a
young boy he met while traveling. He noticed the boy
waiting alone in the airport lounge for his flight to be
called.
Boarding begin for the flight, and the young child was sent
ahead of the
adult passengers to find his seat. When Ogilvie got on the
aircraft, he
discovered the boy had been assigned the seat next to his.
The boy was polite when Ogilvie engaged him in conversation
and then
quietly spent time coloring in an airline coloring book.
He showed neither anxiety nor worry about the flight as
preparation was
made for takeoff.
During the flight, the plane flew into a very bad storm,
which caused the
jetliner to bounce around like a "kite in the wind." The
air turbulence and subsequent pitching and lurching of the
aircraft
frightened some of the passengers, but the young boy seemed
to take it
all in stride.
A female passenger seated across the aisle from the boy
became alarmed by
the wild rolling of the aircraft. She asked the boy,
"Little boy, aren't you scared?"
"No, Ma'am," he replied, looking up just briefly from his
coloring book.
"My dad's the pilot."
There are times when events in our lives make us feel like we
are in the
middle of a turbulent storm. Try as we might, we cannot
seem to land on solid ground or get a sure footing. We may
have the
sensation of being suspended in mid-air with nothing to hold
on to,
nothing
to stand on, and no sure way to get to safety.
In the midst of the storm, however, we can remember that our
Heavenly
Father is our pilot. Despite the circumstances, our life
is in the hands of the One who created heaven and earth.
If uncontrollable fear begins to rise within you today, say
to yourself,
"My Father is the pilot."