It amazes me to look back at our lives and realize how many twists and turns were really The Hand of God positioning us to receive His Wonderful Gifts.
Sometimes God tells us which roads to take. Sometimes He tells us which roads not to take. Sometimes we sense His Guidance at the time. Sometimes we only realize it after the facts … sometimes long after the facts.
In June, 1946, a young aide-de- camp to a General asked for the day off. He had a special mission of his own.
The General granted his request. Both proceeded with their day. No one would have predicted their days would begin and end at the same time.
The young aide-de-camp’s mission was to ask a girl to marry him. She said yes. They were celebrating their new engagement at the Officer’s Club when they saw the General’s plane approach the runway.
It crashed, killing all on board. If the aide-de-camp had not have had the day off, he would have been on the plane.
Not only did life change for the General that day, it changed for the young soldier and his fiancé. Without a General, the young soldier received immediate orders to go overseas.
The couple had a hastily arranged wedding in the post chapel before he left.
When his time was over, he returned home to Kentucky.
Another life began, in more ways than one. In June, 1952, their life changed again. They had a son.
Far away in South Carolina, a little girl was just beginning to grow up. She listened to her mother read fairy tales about handsome princes who swept the princesses off their feet. She wanted to be a princess. She wanted to meet a prince.
It would take a lifetime to tell you how creatively God connected all the parts of this story.
But if the soldier had not asked for the day off …
And if the General had not said yes …
And if the soldier’s girlfriend had not said yes …
And if that great event had not happened in 1952 ..
And if that girl had never come to Kentucky ..
Then this story might have gone another way.
Thanks be to God for guiding us all on which paths to take and which ones not to take. He had a Plan and it was a good one.
And yes, you guessed it. I was the Carolina girl, and Jay was the prince who swept me off my feet. We thank God his Dad didn’t get on that plane and that his Mom said yes!😘
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear A Voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it!”
Isaiah 30:21
