God Allows U-Turns

• Wrong Way Corrigan

Douglas Corrigan (January 22, 1907 – December 9, 1995) was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York City, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. However, he was a skilled aircraft mechanic (he was one of the builders of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis) and had made several modifications to his own plane, preparing it for his transatlantic flight. He had been denied permission to make a nonstop flight from New York to Ireland, and his "navigational error" was seen as deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally.

For Americans, who were caught in the midst of the Great Depression, Corrigan’s antic provided a great deal of humor and uplift and he became a national folk hero. To this day, Corrigan’s nickname, “Wrong Way” Corrigan,” remains a stock colloquial phrase in popular culture. People us it to describe anyone who blunders and goes the wrong way, particularly in sporting events.

We so often soar through life at breakneck speed. We give every outward appearance of being on course, cruising on autopilot. To the onlooker it seems we have it all together, but on the inside there is a crisis brewing...we know we are lost.

How are you really doing?

While we are still early in 2020, let me encourage you to spend some time reflecting on the trajectory of your soul.  Start by considering these questions…

How connected do you feel to Jesus these days?

Does your spiritual life feel alive and vibrant?

How would you describe your emotional health

Have you considered your ways?

Haggai 1:5-7 King James Version (KJV)

5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways"

The Prophet is telling us to PAUSE and PONDER our

Lives and our lifestyle.

*Would you want you kids or others you have influence over to imitate your life choices?

*Would those who know you best say you have a godly trajectory in how you live?

Jesus and John The Baptist both came preaching the same message "Repent and Believe for the Kingdom of God is at hand"

That is the best place to start. Get alone and get your heart right with GOD by praying. Lay your hurt and heart bare before The God who made you and knows you best. Trust him to start and bring to completion His work in your life.