Sunday, April 13, 2008

plane rides

Today in Sacrament meeting, there was one story that stuck out so much to me. I absolutely loved it, and since I can't find it anywhere on the internet, i'm just going to rephrase it as best i remember...

There was a man on a plane and while sitting there he soon heard the captain overhead, speaking with a calm voice he said, "Ladies and Gentlemen, because of the turbulence of the storm coming up, we will be unable to serve our beverages. Please if you could remain seated with your seatbelts fastened. Thank you for your cooporation." Passengers immediately strapped in and stayed there. The flight was intense, full of violent rises with the wind, to sudden drops as if the plane was falling to crash. it was bumpy and nerve racking, but as the man looked aorund, he saw a little girl-sitting by herself with her feet tucked in under her legs reading. She would put the book down, close her eyes and stretch out, and then continue reading. she was completely fine and calm.
The man was intrigued by this little girl and at the end of the flight he waited as all the other passengers hurried off. He went up to her and asked her name. "Ashley" she replied. he then asked, "How come you were so calm and not frightened while the plane was in the storm? Weren't you scared?" She then answered, "I'm not scared, my dad's the pilot, he's taking me home."

How amazng is this little girls' faith. If we all had that much trust with our Heavenly Father as with this girl and her dad, what need would we ever have to fear? god is our pilot and even though the journey can get ruff, he'll get us there saftly. He knows it will get bumpy and we can get scared, but if we trust in our Father in Heaven, we will always be lead. He will never lead us off course or abandon us. We need to have faith in him and be bale to take lives problems with an understanding that He'll guide us and help us to the end. To be calm like the little girl on the plane, who trusted her dad so completely, the turbulence of the plane had no effect on her.

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