IN A SPIN
In an article for Campus Life magazine, Susan Smart describes her third – and nearly last – solo flight. She had been practicing a maneuver at 5,000 feet when she lost control and her Cessna 150 began spinning wildly toward earth. After several seconds of panic, she recalled her instructor’s words: “If you ever go into a spin in a Cessna 150, just let go of the controls. Its built to fly on its own.”
Susan shouted to herself several times, “Let go!” Finally, she yanked her hands from the controls and covered her face. After some wild yawing and pitching, the plane returned to level flight. She had fallen more than half a mile, but she survived because she had the faith to let go.
Her experience vividly illustrates what it means to trust God in a time of crisis. When your life is spinning wildly out of control, our feelings cry out for us to panic, but we must hold on to His promises.
“In You, O Lord, I put my trust…Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble” (Psalm 31:1&9).
Is your life in a spin? Let go of the controls!
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