God is my co-pilot
The world was taken back last month when a plane crashed into the French Alps killing all 150 aboard. While all plane crashes of this magnitude make front-page news, this one was even more chilling as it appears the co-pilot intentionally took the plane down in a suicide / mass murder. When I fly I assume the pilots will do all they can to get me to my destination. I assume they are all of sound mind and body. I assume that all pilots are like my hometown's own local hero Captain “Sully” Sullenberger who six years earlier employed all his flying skills to save his passengers. I don’t often give much thought to who is in the cockpit, but I guess it does matter. As strange as it may seem, in the aftermath of this disaster a popular bumper sticker from my youth came to mind – God is my co-pilot . Of course, pilot or co-pilot is never used in the Bible as a metaphor for God, but I guess it serves as a modern day equivale...