A Poem of Grief (25 of 66)
Series: Route 66: A Road Trip Through the Bible
Tony Thomas
Lamentations
John F. Kennedy, Jr. died in 1999 when the plane he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean: The Kennedy's were headed to Martha's Vineyard for a family wedding. His wife and sister-in-law were also killed in the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that Kennedy's plane spiraled out of control because of spatial disorientation. Spatial disorientation occurs when the fluid in your ears becomes imbalanced. When you are airborne and can't see a horizon, you lose all sense of direction (even up and down).
There were other pilots flying that night, but they were licensed to fly by their instruments (instrument flight rules). Kennedy's license was visual (visual flight rules. As long as he could see, he could fly. On that particular night it was hazy. Without the ability to see the horizon, he became spatially disoriented.
Most of us have sensed spatial disorientation at one time or another. If you've been deep-sea fishing or gone on a cruise maybe you got sea sick? That's a form of spatial disorientation. If you've drive a car up Pike's Peak or ridden a rollercoaster at King's Island, you might have experienced a form of spatial disorientation.
A disoriented pilot can fly his plane straight into the ground and never know he's in danger! But the wise pilot is trained to trust his instruments instead of his instinct.
What's true for a pilot is also true for the believer. Grief and sorrow can throw us into a tailspin. A loved-one dies, you lose your job, a friend betrays your trust, your Dr. says, ''Cancer'' and suddenly, you're disoriented!
Bad news does that to us! That's what happened when President Kennedy was assassinated. That's what happened on 9-11. In our shock we're left to wonder, ''Why?'' ''Where was God?'' And, ''Why did he allow this happen?''
In the midst of grief and confusion, we are like the visually ...
Series: Route 66: A Road Trip Through the Bible
Tony Thomas
Lamentations
John F. Kennedy, Jr. died in 1999 when the plane he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean: The Kennedy's were headed to Martha's Vineyard for a family wedding. His wife and sister-in-law were also killed in the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board determined that Kennedy's plane spiraled out of control because of spatial disorientation. Spatial disorientation occurs when the fluid in your ears becomes imbalanced. When you are airborne and can't see a horizon, you lose all sense of direction (even up and down).
There were other pilots flying that night, but they were licensed to fly by their instruments (instrument flight rules). Kennedy's license was visual (visual flight rules. As long as he could see, he could fly. On that particular night it was hazy. Without the ability to see the horizon, he became spatially disoriented.
Most of us have sensed spatial disorientation at one time or another. If you've been deep-sea fishing or gone on a cruise maybe you got sea sick? That's a form of spatial disorientation. If you've drive a car up Pike's Peak or ridden a rollercoaster at King's Island, you might have experienced a form of spatial disorientation.
A disoriented pilot can fly his plane straight into the ground and never know he's in danger! But the wise pilot is trained to trust his instruments instead of his instinct.
What's true for a pilot is also true for the believer. Grief and sorrow can throw us into a tailspin. A loved-one dies, you lose your job, a friend betrays your trust, your Dr. says, ''Cancer'' and suddenly, you're disoriented!
Bad news does that to us! That's what happened when President Kennedy was assassinated. That's what happened on 9-11. In our shock we're left to wonder, ''Why?'' ''Where was God?'' And, ''Why did he allow this happen?''
In the midst of grief and confusion, we are like the visually ...
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