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Eye on the World: missing Malaysia Airlines flight
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a scheduled passenger trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared from radar less than an hour after takeoff on March 8, more than a week ago as of this writing. The flight, taken on a Boeing 777 aircraft, carried 12 crew members and 227 passengers. An initial search and rescue effort over the Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea has since expanded both north and south, with 25 countries participating. The Malaysian government says the plane probably didn’t have a mechanical failure or an explosion caused by terrorists — instead, someone in the cockpit may have turned off the plane’s communication systems, then flown away from the intended route.
“Safety in the air,” written by an airline pilot, explains that safety — whether we’re on the ground or in a plane — isn’t just the absence of danger, but a quality of God that can never be taken away from anyone’s experience. God’s protection extends to everyone on airline flights, passengers and crew alike, and the divine Mind (a synonym for God) cares for all of its ideas. Our prayers can insist that the missing flight will be found, and that everyone on the plane and all those involved in the search are responsive to inspiration and direction coming from God.
You might also enjoy reading “God’s little reminders,” written by a writer who, at one point, ran a consulting company in an area of the world where airline hijackings were a big concern. This writer turned to the assurances of God’s protection found in the Psalms, finding confidence in God’s love and control. We can take a similar approach in our prayers. Rather than dwelling on “what-if” scenarios, we can affirm that no accident, apathy, or malicious intentions can interfere with God’s care for His children.
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