Solomon tells us that “a happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing” (Proverbs 17:22, AMP ). God undoubtedly has a sense of humor; we need only look at some of the animals He created (it’s hard not to smile at the sight of a hippo, a monkey, or a puppy). Or think of some of the married couples you know: don’t you think God was smiling at the wedding as He looked ahead to the interaction of the wildly different personalities that will be living together?
In Pursuing Your Life Dream, Eastman Curtis tells of a conversation he had with a trainer of fighter pilots in Vietnam. This trainer said that most of the pilots who were shot down could have escaped from their planes:
They could have just pushed the eject button and escaped by parachute, but most of the pilots would not push that button because they liked to stay in the familiarity of the cockpit. In other words, they liked the cockpit of a crashing plane more than the unfamiliarity of the parachute. They chose to go down with the airplane instead of taking a chance with what was not familiar to them…. And it cost them their lives.
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