I’ve learned something in the last few years of flying helicopters; I’m just no good without a stick of gum in my mouth. Some people will smile and just brush these things off as “superstition”, but I’m here to tell you it is the absolute truth and has been proven time and time again. I’m not very good when I’m focused on thinking through the motions it takes to fly, but I become an above average pilot the second I stick a piece of gum in my mouth. It’s not that I believe the gum makes me better, it is that the act of chewing distracts me enough to allow my less conscious, yet more capable self to take care of the more mechanical details of flying. I am then able to use my mental capacities to accomplish other things like talking on the radio, navigating, accomplishing mission tasks, etc.
If I am concentrating on making sure I don’t sin I am also distracted from living life, ministering to people, and expressing God’s love. The grace of God, the total forgiveness He has given me, allows me to accomplish the things that God has for me to do rather than being mired down in struggling to keep from repeating mistakes. This is the purpose that God has created me for; an unrestricted love relationship with Him and the opportunity to serve as an expression of His unbounded love!
Grace. It lasts a good long time!
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