Wednesday, May 16, 2007
BEGIN, JUST BEGIN
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| Subscribe Unsubscribe Change E-mail View Archive BEGIN, JUST BEGIN By Max Lucado May 16, 2007 |
God's answer: "Do not despise these small beginnings, or the Lord
rejoices to see the work begin". (Zech. 4:10).
Begin. Just Begin! What seems small to you might be huge to someone
else. Just ask Bohn Fawkes. During World War II, he piloted a B-17. On one mission he sustained flak from Nazi antiaircraft guns. Even though his gas tanks were hit, the plane did not explode, and Fawkes was able to land the plane.
Cure for the Common Life On the morning following the raid, Fawkes
asked his crew chief for the German shell. He wanted to keep a
souvenir of his incredible good fortune. The crew chief explained that not just one but eleven shells had been found in the gas tanks, none of which exploded.
Technicians opened the missiles and found them void of explosive
charge. They were clean and harmless and with one exception, empty.
The exception contained a carefully rolled piece of paper. On it a
message had been scrawled in the Czech language. Translated, the note
read: "This is all we can do for you now."
A courageous assembly-line worker was disarming bombs and scribbled
the note. He couldn't end the war, but he could save one plane. He
couldn't do everything, but he could do something. So he did it.
God does big things with small deeds.
From Cure for the Common Life
Copyright 2005, Max Lucado
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