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Make a U-Turn
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. - James 4:7-8.
Last Tuesday (June 20, 2000) something almost unheard of in the airline industry occurred. A Southwest Airlines plane turned around to pick up passengers left behind! The plane was 150 miles into the flight when they were notified that three sisters had been left in Kansas City. The girls, only 8, 9, and 12 years of age had gotten off the flight for a snack on a brief stop during their Los Angeles-to-Chicago flight. You have to commend the pilot of this Southwest flight for recognizing the problem, deciding to address the problem, and for actually doing something about it. In our own lives some of us have problems. Those problems range from little white lies to severe addictions. Before anything can be done about the problems in our lives we must first recognize that we have a problem. As David did in Psalm 51 we should recognize that our problem is a sin against God. Once the problem is recognized we need to decide to address the problem. What will it take for us to be relieved of our problem? What will be the consequences if we take action or if we do not? What action is necessary for elimination of this problem? Finally there is one more thing that must be done. We must do something! We must take action to eliminate it.
We eliminate the problems in our lives in the same way that the pilot of the Southwest Airlines eliminated a problem in his life - by making a U-Turn. As King David did in Psalm 51 we must turn back to God. A very good place to begin is James 4:7-8.
By Ed Wrather
Submitted by Richard
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. - James 4:7-8.
Last Tuesday (June 20, 2000) something almost unheard of in the airline industry occurred. A Southwest Airlines plane turned around to pick up passengers left behind! The plane was 150 miles into the flight when they were notified that three sisters had been left in Kansas City. The girls, only 8, 9, and 12 years of age had gotten off the flight for a snack on a brief stop during their Los Angeles-to-Chicago flight. You have to commend the pilot of this Southwest flight for recognizing the problem, deciding to address the problem, and for actually doing something about it. In our own lives some of us have problems. Those problems range from little white lies to severe addictions. Before anything can be done about the problems in our lives we must first recognize that we have a problem. As David did in Psalm 51 we should recognize that our problem is a sin against God. Once the problem is recognized we need to decide to address the problem. What will it take for us to be relieved of our problem? What will be the consequences if we take action or if we do not? What action is necessary for elimination of this problem? Finally there is one more thing that must be done. We must do something! We must take action to eliminate it.
We eliminate the problems in our lives in the same way that the pilot of the Southwest Airlines eliminated a problem in his life - by making a U-Turn. As King David did in Psalm 51 we must turn back to God. A very good place to begin is James 4:7-8.
By Ed Wrather
Submitted by Richard
