MEETING YOUR HUSBAND'S NEEDS (1 OF 5)
Scripture: GENESIS 2:18
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Meeting Your Husband's Needs (1 of 5)
Series: Choosing Your Way To A Great Marriage
Dr. Chuck McAlister
Genesis 2:18
INTRO:
Series ...CHOOSING YOUR WAY TO A GREAT MARRIAGE …Going to look at the wife's part in these choices.
In his book, In His Image, written with Philip Yancey, Dr. Paul Brand tells about his experience as a surgeon in London during World War II:
Peter Foster was a Royal Air Force pilot. These men [pilots] were the cream of the crop of England -- the brightest, healthiest, most confident and dedicated, and often the most handsome men in the country. When they walked the streets in their decorated uniforms, the population treated them as gods. All eyes turned their way. Girls envied those who were fortunate enough to walk beside a man in Air Force blue.
However, the scene in London was far from romantic, for the Germans were attacking relentlessly. Fifty-seven consecutive nights they bombed London. In waves of 250, some 1,500 bombers would come each evening and pound the city.
The RAF Hurricanes and Spitfires that pilots like Foster flew looked like mosquitoes pestering the huge German bombers. The Hurricane was agile and effective, yet it had one fatal design flaw. The single propeller engine was mounted in front, a scant foot or so from the cockpit, and the fuel lines snaked alongside the cockpit toward the engine. In a direct hit, the cockpit would erupt into an inferno of flames. The pilot could eject, but in the one or two seconds it took him to find the lever, heat would melt off every feature of his face: his nose, his eyelids, his lips, often his cheeks.
The RAF heroes many times would undergo a series of 20 to 40 surgeries to refashion what once was their face. Plastic surgeons worked miracles, yet what remained of the face was essentially a scar.
Peter Foster became one of those "downed pilots." After numerous surgical procedures, what remained of his face was indescribable. The mirror he peered into dai ...
Series: Choosing Your Way To A Great Marriage
Dr. Chuck McAlister
Genesis 2:18
INTRO:
Series ...CHOOSING YOUR WAY TO A GREAT MARRIAGE …Going to look at the wife's part in these choices.
In his book, In His Image, written with Philip Yancey, Dr. Paul Brand tells about his experience as a surgeon in London during World War II:
Peter Foster was a Royal Air Force pilot. These men [pilots] were the cream of the crop of England -- the brightest, healthiest, most confident and dedicated, and often the most handsome men in the country. When they walked the streets in their decorated uniforms, the population treated them as gods. All eyes turned their way. Girls envied those who were fortunate enough to walk beside a man in Air Force blue.
However, the scene in London was far from romantic, for the Germans were attacking relentlessly. Fifty-seven consecutive nights they bombed London. In waves of 250, some 1,500 bombers would come each evening and pound the city.
The RAF Hurricanes and Spitfires that pilots like Foster flew looked like mosquitoes pestering the huge German bombers. The Hurricane was agile and effective, yet it had one fatal design flaw. The single propeller engine was mounted in front, a scant foot or so from the cockpit, and the fuel lines snaked alongside the cockpit toward the engine. In a direct hit, the cockpit would erupt into an inferno of flames. The pilot could eject, but in the one or two seconds it took him to find the lever, heat would melt off every feature of his face: his nose, his eyelids, his lips, often his cheeks.
The RAF heroes many times would undergo a series of 20 to 40 surgeries to refashion what once was their face. Plastic surgeons worked miracles, yet what remained of the face was essentially a scar.
Peter Foster became one of those "downed pilots." After numerous surgical procedures, what remained of his face was indescribable. The mirror he peered into dai ...
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