Jesus Holds Everything Together
Roger Thomas
Luke 24:13-35
Several years ago on Christmas Eve, I learned something about helicopters and the Bible. I was in Atlanta, GA to visit my oldest son who is a television reporter. At the time he was the "eye in the sky" reporter for Fox5 Atlanta. He is now a bureau chief with the local ABC station.
Tony was working Christmas Eve so I met him at the airport. He and a pilot would wait at a small local airport for orders to take off so they could hover over and report on the latest news. While he was giving me a tour of his office and the hanger where choppers for five or six different stations were housed, his pager went off. Soon he and all the other chopper reporters were taking off to cover a major accident on I-285 a few miles away. He invited me to go along. But being the considerate father that I am, I declined. I didn't want to be in the way. The fact that I get dizzy on the second step of a ladder had nothing to do with it. That's my story and I am sticking to it! The more I learned about helicopters that day the happier I was to not be in one.
An hour or so later, he returned and continued the tour. As we slowly walked around the news chopper, I was most interested in his description of the main rotor. It is that huge blade that keeps the machine in the air. Without it, the whole thing would drop like a rock. Tony pointed to the large mechanical fixture atop the blade. It appeared to be an assortment of bolts, springs, wires, and metal plates. On the very top of that was a large bolt and nut. He explained, "That's the most important item on the whole helicopter. Pilots and mechanics have a name for it. They all use the same term. Even the official manuals use the name. They call it "the Jesus Nut." It's called the "Jesus Nut" for two reasons, he said, #1 if it ever fails that's who you will see next; and #2 it holds the whole thing together!
There's a lesson there somewhere! You t ...
Roger Thomas
Luke 24:13-35
Several years ago on Christmas Eve, I learned something about helicopters and the Bible. I was in Atlanta, GA to visit my oldest son who is a television reporter. At the time he was the "eye in the sky" reporter for Fox5 Atlanta. He is now a bureau chief with the local ABC station.
Tony was working Christmas Eve so I met him at the airport. He and a pilot would wait at a small local airport for orders to take off so they could hover over and report on the latest news. While he was giving me a tour of his office and the hanger where choppers for five or six different stations were housed, his pager went off. Soon he and all the other chopper reporters were taking off to cover a major accident on I-285 a few miles away. He invited me to go along. But being the considerate father that I am, I declined. I didn't want to be in the way. The fact that I get dizzy on the second step of a ladder had nothing to do with it. That's my story and I am sticking to it! The more I learned about helicopters that day the happier I was to not be in one.
An hour or so later, he returned and continued the tour. As we slowly walked around the news chopper, I was most interested in his description of the main rotor. It is that huge blade that keeps the machine in the air. Without it, the whole thing would drop like a rock. Tony pointed to the large mechanical fixture atop the blade. It appeared to be an assortment of bolts, springs, wires, and metal plates. On the very top of that was a large bolt and nut. He explained, "That's the most important item on the whole helicopter. Pilots and mechanics have a name for it. They all use the same term. Even the official manuals use the name. They call it "the Jesus Nut." It's called the "Jesus Nut" for two reasons, he said, #1 if it ever fails that's who you will see next; and #2 it holds the whole thing together!
There's a lesson there somewhere! You t ...
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