“How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose
sin is covered! How blessed is the man
to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no
deceit!”
(Psalm 32:1-2)
Blessed is man who, when doing plus
400 knots in a F86L fighter jet, listens to the controller, who is trying to
get him on the ground safely, and does as instructed.
Hey Gang: The day was beautiful, not
a cloud in the sky. In the Air Traffic
Control business that is what we prayed for each and every day. Pilots love to freelance, so on those clear
sunny days the pilots did not want to go through the instrument let down
procedures, and they certainly did not want to listen to my jargon.
So when on approach and they had the runway in
sight, they tended to cancel their Instrument Flight Plan and take over
visually.
On this particular day maintenance
was being done on our main runway so, we advised each pilot that, when he
reached the outer marker on the Instrument Landing System at minimum safe
altitude, he should break it off and line up on the secondary runway for
landing .
All was going perfectly smoothly
when a tower controller called down and said, “Advise the aircraft on approach,
“Break it off and circle!” But it was too
late, he was too low to pull up- so completed the landing in spite of the
bulldozers and construction equipment.
As he touched down he realized his error and immediately cut his engine
and pulled the aircraft off the runway into the grass.
Did you ever do that? O I don’t mean do something stupid with your
airplane, but did you ever know better and go about and pull the plug and do
something you knew you would pay the Piper for later? Now I know you are going to have a hard time
believing it, but I certainly have.
Due to space, thank goodness, I do
not have space to confess those ‘boo boos’ to you. I would rather tell you that, even when we do
some of the stupid things of life, God stands ready to forgive us and
forget. The Bible is filled with great
men of God that made ‘boo boos’ and we know that God pulled them out of the
ditch and used them in mighty ways.
So my friends, I pray, if you have
done something that grieves the Holy Spirit, you will confess it to the Father,
and, if necessary, share with others the errors of your ways. There is something super special when we have
the courage to say to a brother or sister who is struggling with an issue and
encourage them, “Been there and done that!” Not to put down, but to give them hope!
Blessings,
Gramps
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