Monday, June 11, 2007
BREITLING
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life to make as they entered the final leg of their journey with
Orbiter 3. Bertrand was on the phone with his wife, his "weather
eye," pondering if they should attempt crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Fuel was low for the 180 foot high Breitling Orbiter 3 after it had
begun its historic journey sailing into the sky 2 weeks before from
Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland. At the rate they were going, they would
never be able to complete the journey.
But his wife was trying to reassure him saying, "If you allow
Orbiter 3 to go a few hundred feet higher, you will catch another
jet stream. Just a few hundred feet," she had pleaded. In
desperation, he fired up the burners, obeying her suggestions. With
grandeur, the ship rose to 36,000 feet and into this new jet stream
where the winds were 2-3 times faster, topping 230 miles per hour.
They crossed the Atlantic quickly and soon were over the deserts of
the Sahara landing near Mut, in southwestern Egypt. On March 21,
1999, they landed, having covered 29,055 miles.
With their fuel nearly spent and after riding the winds for 19 days,
21 hours and 55 minutes, the two pilots--Piccard, a Swiss
psychiatrist whose grandfather invented the pressurized capsule for
high-altitude ballooning, and Jones, a veteran British balloonist--
took title to being the first balloonist to circumnavigate the
globe, claiming the $1 million prize.
"Did you sense something spiritual, an awakening or force in your
trip?" they were asked.
"Yes," they responded, but somehow, they could not put their finger
on exactly what it was. They did see Mother Earth releasing her dew
and fragrance to nurture and sustain earth's creatures. Yes, they
were overwhelmed and captivated by the closing scenes of the sand
dunes in the desolate Sahara Desert. Yes, they were in awe that
something symmetric, sovereign and stupendous had to design this
creation. Yet, they could not put their finger on exactly what it
was. St. Augustine agreed when he wrote: "If something cannot be
explained, it most likely is God-designed. "
Just a few hundred feet higher. That's what did it! That's what
could make it for you as well when you decide to sail past your
limits and see a new life in God. Just a little higher and you may
sense the finger of God working within your life, your capsule. If
you step out in faith, spend just a little more fuel
and reach just a little higher, you can reach that jet stream.
You may be in the closing scenes of your desolate Sahara Desert but
God can do a great wonder within you if you but ask Him into your
life and take charge or control. It may be the hardest decision in
your life but the prize is well worth it. This quote may be yours:
If something cannot be explained, it most likely is God-designed. He
is symmetric, sovereign and stupendous!
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