Tested

[Daily verse and quote]

“But God knows the way that I take,

and when he has tested me,

I will come out like gold.”

Job 23:10

 

I know God will not give me anything I cannot handle.

I just wish He didn’t trust me so much!

[Mother Teresa]

Naturally, God Speaks

[Starise]

I have also heard this comment which makes complete sense in response to the idea that God won'r give us more than we can handle.

" Yes He will, he gives us more than we can handle so we look to Him."

Another famous quote sometimes seen as a bumper sticker.

" God is my co-pilot".

Response- He should be the PILOT not the co pilot. He isn't along for the ride, you are.

[missmuffet]

God tests us to prove our faith is real. His grace is sufficient for us, His power is made perfect in our weakness.

[Daily verse and quote]

" But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."
2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
 

[Sower]

15 hours ago, Starise said:

I have also heard this comment which makes complete sense in response to the idea that God won'r give us more than we can handle.

" Yes He will, he gives us more than we can handle so we look to Him."

Another famous quote sometimes seen as a bumper sticker.

" God is my co-pilot".

Response- He should be the PILOT not the co pilot. He isn't along for the ride, you are.

Good one. I use this one. God is my navigator.

I am the pilot. I have an old  book on how to fly. I learned to take off, turn left straight, right, or back down.
It's my responsibility to pilot the 'plane', He gave me my license.
I go wherever/whenever my Navigator instructs me.
He knows the course I often cannot see. He knows the destination. I trust my Navigator...
and not my own understanding. I receive instructions through the HS WiFi.....
 

[Starise]

7 hours ago, Sower said:

Good one. I use this one. God is my navigator.

I am the pilot. I have an old  book on how to fly. I learned to take off, turn left straight, right, or back down.
It's my responsibility to pilot the 'plane', He gave me my license.
I go wherever/whenever my Navigator instructs me.
He knows the course I often cannot see. He knows the destination. I trust my Navigator...
and not my own understanding. I receive instructions through the HS WiFi.....
 

I was in a unique situation not too long ago. A retired airline pilot and his wife own a B&B. Across his driveway is a small hanger and he has his own little airplane in there and a private runway. When he takes the notion he walks across the road and takes the plane out. It's a small two seater with passenger sitting shotgun behind the pilot. I know almost nothing about flying but he took me up and let me have the stick for awhile ( there's a stick for the passenger too) . The plane looks fairly substantial until you get up there. Then you realize those two little flimsy looking things sticking out the side of the plane are actually holding you up here and when the wind hits them, they move back and forth. Doesn't give one the most  solid feeling about the situation when your 5000 feet up. After a few minutes holding the stick I was more than happy to let him have it again.

On another occasion my wife bought me a free parachute jump for my birthday. 5000 ft. is nothing Pfffft. They go to 15,000 feet up in a little flimsy plane with a handful of crazy people in it. They open the door and you jump out weeeeeeeee! When you're falling at over 100 mph the skin on your face is flapping. Seriously. All I knew was that when you pull the cord these two little things come down you hold onto and that steers the parafoil. If you've ever felt the sensation hanging on a ferris wheel at the top add 5000 ft to the height and then realize there's no immediate structure holding you. Two little ropes with little handles on them. One of my friends is an enthusiast jumper and he filled me in on a few details. If you pull the "brakes" too high off the ground coming in you'll break both your legs and maybe other bones too. There's a right time to do that.........so I was very happy I jumped tandem with a professional. He let me steer the chute for a bit, but I would have probably encountered power lines, trees or the river. From that far up you can barely even see the landing strip. If a gust of wind hits you or your primary chute tangles you have to act fast and know what to do. So yeah, we need help and guidance. We need a navigator, but I also need a pilot

 

[Justin Adams]

I owned a '46 Cub when living in Texas. It was fun and often you might go a little faster than cars on the freeway.

But jumping out of a perfectly good airplane is not my thing. 

[Starise]

10 hours ago, Justin Adams said:

I owned a '46 Cub when living in Texas. It was fun and often you might go a little faster than cars on the freeway.

But jumping out of a perfectly good airplane is not my thing. 

If the PTZ was closer I would have probably went ahead and got my jumping hours in to go pro at it. In order to qualify you need to put lots of hours in and go through training. It was too far away and too time demanding. I can still do a tandem jump any time though.

I knew a guy who picked a jet engine up at a surplus, strapped it to his car and fired it up on a major highway late at night

There is safety and redundancy built into these jumps so they are a lot safer than they might first appear to be. Always a backup chute. If you pass out on the way down there's a safety that auto opens the chute at a little less than 5000 feet I think.

You might be more inclined to do this- These are pics my neice took of us when we did it.