“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber towards Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.” (Daniel 6:10)
During World War II, a fighter pilot named Butch O’Hare took off on a battle mission and mid-flight noticed that the ground crew had not refilled his fuel tank. Disappointed, he was commanded to return to the aircraft carrier without completing his mission. As he returned to his carrier he spotted Japanese airplanes approaching an unprotected American fleet. Unable to return to his squadron or warn the fleet of the approaching enemy planes, Butch made the courageous decision to “divert the enemy from the fleet.” He risked his life as “his winged guns emptied all their ammunition…and drove his aircraft towards the enemy aircraft, attempting to clip an enemy wing and send them down in a spiral.” The “Shocked and stunned” Japanese retreated. As a result of this courageous feat, Butch O’Hare became the Navy’s first flying ace and the first Naval Aviator to win the Congressional Medal of Honor during WWII. The experience did not go to Butch’s head. He returned to battle and, unfortunately, was killed the following year at 29 years of age. His hometown petitioned to have O’Hare Airport in Chicago named in his honor. Courage does not have time to think too hard or long about what to do. When that pivotal time arrives, what is in us will come out of us. There have been in the past, and will be in the future, opportunities where we will have to decide, immediately, to be bold and courageous and do the right thing. Daniel was another hero who had to make up his mind to act courageously. He didn’t have time to consider whether he should follow the majority or stand on truth and righteousness. “Note how quietly he acted. He did not say to any of his enemies, “I mean to carry out my convictions.” Not at all; he knew that talk was lost on them, so he resorted to actions instead of words...He did not pause; he did not ask for time to consider what he should do. In matters of perilous duty…“Do the right thing.” Where God commands, there is no room for reason or doubt. -Charles Spurgeon Be strong and courageous: “Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.” (Joshua 1:9) GiGi❤️
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