Miracles

I have a bad habit of listening to talk radio.  I call it a bad habit because after I am done I am so angry about whatever topic is being discussed that it puts me in a bad mood for a while.  In one day yesterday, the senate sat a new senator from Illinois that was appointed by one of the most corrupt governors; then that same senate approved another $300+ billion in bailout money when they can't even account for the last $300+ billion that they gave away and to top it all off one of the biggest US banks in America asked for MORE money.  Just when you think it can't get any worse - a plane crash.  Not just any plane crash, but a plane that was going from NYC to Charlotte.  Any number of people I love could have or should have been on that flight.  Instantly nothing else in "major news" mattered.  I was glued, with tears in my eyes and goosebumps on my arms, to the television.  

As I watched I listened to the newscasters describe a "near perfect" water landing... 155 people on board, all accounted for... Ferry boats at the scene within minutes... a pilot who specialized in training others in emergency landings... "Miraculous".  I was stunned, amazed, grateful.  I couldn't help but think how perfectly this was all playing out, how someone greater than all of this was in absolute control.  What a slap in the face!  How dare I worry about squandered bailout money and corrupt government - my God is bigger than that!  He knows where every penny is, He knows the hearts of men and He can land a crippled plane in the Hudson River with 0 fatalities.  My favorite scripture verse is Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you" declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  He knows and knew exactly what was happening and knew exactly which pilots to put on board that flight.  Thankfully He knows what tomorrow will bring, so I can stop ranting and raving about injustices in the world.  I will try to remember I might not be able to change the world, but I can change my attitude about the world I have been placed in.  I serve the creator, how could I question Him?