Wednesday, July 18, 2001
Wednesday, July 18, 2001
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will
be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Most people approach life the way those RAF pilots learned to fly the new Mustangs. They do
not learn from the experiences of others. Life is a matter of hits and misses, trial and error. Many
people also experience a lot of unnecessary crashes that way.
Would you know truth? Listen to the testimony of others. Is Jesus Christ risen from the dead? I
trust the testimony of Simon Peter and the other disciples, and St. Paul who encountered him on
the Damascus Road. I trust that they really did see the Lord. Why? Because they gave their lives
to back up their testimony.
(Acts
1:8
NRSV)
I read once about Park Smith, a new RAF pilot in 1942 when the U.S. shipped the first Mustang
fighter planes to England. Back then little training was given to pilots. The extent of Park Smith's
pre-flight instruction in the new plane was, he says, a pat on the back and a few words of
encouragement. However, the new Mustangs were so much hotter and faster than previous
ones that 3 out of the 5 pilots in his class were killed trying to make the transition. There was a
definite need for more instruction and less learning by trial and error!
Dear God, may I take time to learn the important lessons from those faithful saints who have gone
before me. Amen.
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