How soon we forget

How painful will God's best turn out to be? | Margie Haack

A month has gone by, and some of us already have forgotten 1997. Others will remember. One Minnesota newspaper story told of a fellow who jumped from a plane and his chute didn't open properly. According to the story, it took more than a minute to fall 3,000 feet. That's enough time for a lot of life to flash before your eyes. What do you suppose he thought during that descent? Did he cry out to God? Did he make promises to keep if he lived? Somehow, he survived. Can you hear him telling his children about this?

Another man is going to remember 1997. Last July he woke up in a morgue refrigerator after 12 hours in a coma. (This was in Cairo.) In total darkness he felt around and surprise! He discovered he was resting among the dead. He cried out for help and the paramedic who opened the door collapsed in shock and died.