Did you hear this story?

Well, that was scary!  I’m still literally getting goose bumps and tears in my eyes every time I talk about it.  No exaggeration.  Everyone made it out okay!  No one was killed!  There was even an infant on board!  And everyone is okay!

Wow.  God is good.

Like this blogger wrote, a plane crash is one of my worst fears.  Our family flies about twice a year back to Wisconsin, and in 2008 my husband flew at least once a month.  It’s not that I have a phobia of flying, it’s just that when you are a passenger in a commencial aircraft, your life is totally out of your control.  You, the passenger, are strapped into your seat with no control over how the plane flies.  Your life rests completely in the hands and skills of the crew.  Flying never bothered me until I had children.  I have this overwhelming urge, as all parents do, to protect my children, and I don’t like being in situations where I have no control.  But, at the same time, I know that God is still in control, and I know that if I die or my children die, we will all be in heaven.  That is such a comfort to me.  That said, I’m still thankful when our wheels touch safely down on the ground.

I hide this fear from Lyd, because I don’t want her afraid to fly.  And I made sure that NO ONE said a word about yesterday’s plane crash in front of her.  She will NOT FORGET, and she would have been asking the same questions over and over for months.  In an effort to quell my fears, my husband has often reassured me that it’s statistically safer to fly in a plane than it is to drive in a car.  I know he’s right, and I am grateful to know that.

My husband is right, but despite that fact, I’m still a little nervous.  It seems that you stand a better chance of surviving a car crash then you would a plane crash.  But last night, watching the national news, the talking head said that actually, most people DO survive a plane crash.  That tidbit of information astounded me — and finally made me feel a little better about flying.

But next time I fly, I want to fly with Capt. Sully! :)

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What’s my other biggest (earthly) fear?  I’ll talk more about that on Tuesday, when Obama is inaugurated.  (And, no, it’s not democrats…)