The Flip of a Coin
By Dan Betzer

We never know what the day may bring.

Their marriage lasted only one week. It ended suddenly, and not because of a quarrel or fight. It ended because of the flip of a coin.

The couple had been given a strange wedding gift--jet rides in a little two-seater that would accommodate only the pilot and one passenger. So they could not go up together, only one at a time. They flipped for it. The new husband went up first. It was great; he loved it.

Then it was his wife's turn and her groom videotaped the whole tragic ride. The plane made a low pass over the runway and the left wing fell off. The plane immediately spiraled to the ground, crashed and exploded.

The grieving husband said through his tears, "I saw the plane crash, and I was waiting to wake up from the worst dream!"

It was over in the blink of an eye. Except for the coin flip, it could have been him who was riding in the plane.

The Apostle James wrote, "We don't know what will happen tomorrow. Our lives are as morning vapor that appears for a short time in the early morning, and with the rising of the sun, dissipates and is gone." And he added, "For that we ought to say, If the Lord will, I will do this or that."

The simplest things can change our lives in a second. My friend, we cannot just hide in a closed and locked building, fearful of circumstances. We must be about our Father's business every day. And we must be ready to meet God at any moment.

I do not know the spiritual state of the young bride who died in that plane crash. But one thing is sure: When that wing broke off and the jet began its fatal plunge that only lasted a couple seconds, it was too late for eternal spiritual preparation.

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