Airborne!

Try imagining this with me...

One day all of us are stuck in a plane that was about to crash. Thank God the pilot knew where the parachutes were, and he begin to hand them out to all the passengers.

"Sir, is it possible if i could get a pink parachute?", a lady asks.

Shaking his head in disbelief, the pilot replied "Isn't it enough that I've given you a parachute?"

And the first passenger jumps.

The second stands at the door "Is there anyway to stop me from puking during the fall?"

"Nope" The pilot replies, "But I can be sure you'll land safely."

The third looks out and exclaimed "My goodnes, it's so far down! I've got a terrible fear of heights! Is there anyway to remove this fear?"

"Erm i can't remove it, but i can give you this parachute." replied the pilot.

Another tapped the pilot on his back and said "How bout a change of plans? Let's crash together, and perhaps we'll survive?"

The pilot smiled, and said "You don't know what you're asking."

One by one he requests came in, some wanted googles, some wanted boots, another wanted to wait till the plane was closer to the ground.

"You people don't understand!" shouted the pilot. "I've given you a parachute; that is enough."

Hmmmm.

That's how things are with God's grace. It's all that we'll ever need. Yet sometimes we demand more things, more blessings, less suffering. We ask Him to change the plans, or remove the fear. He usually answers with a gentle shove that leaves us airborne and suspended by His grace.

That's grace.

God's grace.

It never leaves you. It always hold you securely in the arms of God, and it doesn't require anything other then the childlike faith to simply believe that His plans are good. What we may consider as bad, in the hands of a mighty God, can be turned good. You can't make an omlette without cracking an egg. The process may be painful sometimes, as we ask God to remove it. But somehow He speaks to us in the midst of that pain, it draws us closer, closer to His side. "Pain may not be good to bear, but sometimes it's necessary. Like a purifying process, pain makes us realise that we'll all still human." In pain, we learn to grow up, to mature, to understand His truth, and above all else, His grace.

Amazing grace, How sweet the sound

...That saved a wretch like me.