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A pilot's prayer for a safe landing
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
While I was getting a haircut recently, my stylist told me one of her colleagues had been killed in a car accident. She lamented that sometimes chance delivers unfortunate results.
I left the salon thinking about the notion of chance. Statistics may imply that travel comes with the risk of accident. But Christian Science has taught me that prayer leads to God-given protection that precludes bad luck.
Over the years, I’ve found prayer to be very effective protection—especially before travel. I am an instrument-rated private pilot, and I’ve been flying since 1994. Before takeoff, I make a point of flipping through a stack of index cards I carry in my flight bag. These cards have various quotes from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. Most of them relate to travel and flying and they all offer an encouraging, uplifting message.
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