Janet Chester Bly
Copyright©2008
My first rides in a plane did a number on me. I get very spiritual walking past a cockpit. I pray for the pilot, co-pilot, flight attendants, and each of the passengers. . .for alertness and protection.
After all, if they stay safe, so do I.
“Lord, there might be a bomb on here.”
“I will be with you,” he says.“Lord, that guy over there looks like he could be a hijacker.”
“I will be with you.”
“Lord, what if this huge bucket of bolts and metal dips for the ground at umpteen miles an hour?”
“Then, I’ll carry you in my arms straight to my home, where there’s no bomb, no hijackers, and no need for planes.”
One time I fashioned a fear-breaker course of sorts. I forced myself to walk back and forth across a nearby highway overpass. This helped me face my worst fear scenario – height with movement beneath. . .or getting close to edgy space with potential to fall.
A friend held my hand and kept saying, “Don’t look down. Keep your eyes on that building on the other side.”
I did it for a season, with firm determination. And it helped some. But I’ve got no plans to hang glide or bungee jump anytime soon.
Sometimes the biggest leap of faith is to trust God’s outstretched arms. . .that he'll catch you, carry you, keep you.
Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
‘Be strong, do not fear!’
(Isaiah 35:3,4 NKJV)
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