A young soldier fighting in Italy during World War II managed to jump into a foxhole just ahead of a spray of bullets. He immediately attempted to deepen the hole for more protection. As he was frantically scraping at the dirt with his hands, he unearthed a silver crucifix, obviously left by a previous occupant of the foxhole. A moment later, a leaping figure landed beside him as shells screamed overhead. The soldier turned to see that his new companion was an army chaplain. Holding up the crucifix the solider cried, “Am I glad to see you! How do you work this thing?”
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker wrote about his World War II experience. While flying on a special mission on the Pacific Islands, his plane crashed. He and his crew were lost at sea for twenty-one days before being rescued. He said, ” In the beginning many of the men were atheists or agnostics, but at the end of the terrible ordeal each, in his own way, had discovered God. Each man found salvation and strength in prayer, and a sense of community developed which created a liveliness of human fellowship and worship, and a sense of gentle peace.”
Are you facing a problem today? Start the search for its solution with prayer.