http://articles.latimes.com/1985-02-21/news/mn-623_1_crash-site
About thirty two years ago a Spanish pal from my student days telephoned me early one morning with his voice trembling to tell me his story of deliverance from a premature death.
Jose is a clinical psychologist working in a hospital in Bilbao, Spain formerly a director of a clinic in Madrid who had travelled from Bilbao, to Madrid on the last Friday of every month for many years to sign off on the clinic's accounts, as well as discussing matters pertaining to patients care.
Jose had used the same flight to, and from Madrid for many years getting to know the airline staff very well. On that particular day he had begun to feel uncomfortable over returning with the same flight that Friday evening. As the day wore on his discomfort grew to intolerable levels, persuading him not to return to Bilbao by plane despite carrying his return ticket. Jose booked an overnight train telephoning his wife to collect him from Bilbao railway station at 6.30 the following morning. Jose no longer flies, preferring to use trains.
Over breakfast the following morning Jose heard the radio news announcing the crash of his flight while the plane was approaching Bilbao airport.
Jose explained to me that the pressure to change flights overwhelmed any rational thought that attempted to persuade him to fly back to Bilbao.
Jose wanted me to address his question...why, me?... with his awareness that my own "twilight zone" experiences had been relayed to him over many years...to his amusement, and disbelief.
Jose continues to listen too, and follow the guidance of his inner man...there being an understanding on his part that his life had been saved by his free choice to say yes, or no to The Saviour's call to do, as I ask.
Last minute cancellations of travel arrangements are much more common than people are prepared to discuss, for fear of being certified schizofrenic...there being an awareness that listening to ones inner voice can be life enhancing.
Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)
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.”
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