From Reuters:
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Two New Zealand pilots whose plane ran out of fuel landed on a wing and a prayer, literally, local media reported on Wednesday.
Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson from Blenheim, at the top of the South Island about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Wellington, were in a microlight plane when the engine cut out.
“When you’re in a microlight if you crash, you usually die. I turned to O B (Wilson) and he said we had no fuel,” Stubbs told the Marlborough Express newspaper.
“I asked what we should do. He said: ‘You just pray Grant.’”
Stubbs said he prayed to God to get them over a ridge and they finally landed in a small grassy area, and beside a 20 foot high sign saying “Jesus is Lord — The Bible.”
Coincidence? I think not. God is still active in the world today, He still answers prayer, and He still has a sense of humor!
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Great story! i love hearing things like this!!-tif
Was a very interesting story, now to be frank I have a hard time attributing miracles … since I agree with C.S. Lewis that the fact that corn grows is also a miracle … just our human side needs it to be something outside the ordinary time or space.
God is definitely at work, sovereign and poweerful. You know where I see him most though? In the hard things. The things that don’t go quite right.
My daughter has diabetes, at first we were shocked and dismayed, then we came to grips. But my daughter knows no difference. She has diabetes and believes it is every bit a part of her as her hair color. That’s a place I’ve seen God at work.
I see your point, Steve. This story still carries an interesting degree of irony for me, but I agree that our bodies and nature are miracles.
It’s interesting how those afflicted know no different, good to hear your daughter handles her diabetes well, i.e. no crazy complications.
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