May 11, 2013

  • Rescuing Angels

    During World War II, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and his crew ran out of fuel and ditched their B-17 in the Pacific Ocean. For weeks nothing was heard of him, and across the country thousands of people prayed.

    Then he returned and wrote about what had happened. "This part I would hesitate to tell," he wrote, "except that there were six witnesses who saw it with me. A gull came out of nowhere, and lighted on my head -- I reached up my hand very gently -- I killed him and then we divided him equally among us. We ate every bit, even the little bones. Nothing ever tasted so good." This gull saved them from starvation.

    Years later, I asked him to tell me the story personally, because it was through this experience that he came to know Christ. He said, "I have no explanation except that God sent of His angels to rescue us." We may never see them, but God still sends His angels to surround and protect His children--including you.

    from: Hope for each day/Billy Graham