What does a crash in Ukraine have to do with me?

Something To Think About 777s, 7/18

A few weeks ago I spent half a day strapped right smack in the middle of a Boeing 777.  The news of the Malaysia Air jetliner, a 777, that was shot down got my attention.  On movies someone always sees the missile approaching.  I wonder if anyone did.  For many, maybe most, of the passengers the moment they were aware something was wrong was the same moment they died from what had to be a horrendous explosion.  The plane, or literally the pieces of the plane, including seats with passengers still wearing their seat-belts, "low and tight," fell about six miles to the Ukrainian countryside below.  Was anyone alive for part of that plunge? I've been on airliners. Some passengers were sleeping. Likely, someone was feeding or caring for one of the infants on board. Others--often this is me--would have been trying to get comfortable, longing for sleep, but unable to get themselves arranged in the narrow seat. Business people were getting ready for a big presentation. Many were passing the time staring at a movie, or reading. In a blinding second First Class, Business Class, Economy Plus, and the airline equivalent of steerage became absolutely equal.  The extra leg-room was irrelevant.  No one cared whether they had just eaten steak or mystery mush.  Young and old, male and female, rich and poor were ushered, in the blink of an eye, into eternity. I can hear some of you say, You won't get me in one of those things.  Consider, though, that if yesterday was average: Over 90 people died in motor vehicle crashes, just in the United States. 12 died walking. There was a 1 in 30 chance that someone in the US died from a lightning strike. It could be that someone died from electric shock; about 5 Americans die that way every month. About 150,000 people, all around the world, died in the last 24 hours. As one comic/philosopher observed, "This world is a mess; no one is going to get out alive." Generally when people get on an airplane they know where they are going.  Where am I going?  That is a question we all ought to ask, even if we aren't leaving the house. It's Something to Think About. To find out more about CBC at our website. God's Story in His Own Words. a message composed of nothing but Scripture that presents the flow of Divine Revelation from "In the beginning," to the final "Amen." You can find directions for getting where you really want to go here.