Emphasis Preaching Journal

Anyone who has read about the life of Eddie Rickenbacker knows that this famous pilot had his faith strengthened greatly through an experience in World War II. His plane was shot down and he and several members of his crew drifted for days in the Pacific before they were finally rescued. It seemed as if they faced certain death, but their faith in God grew -- in the midst of a storm, in the darkness of the night, in the time of hunger and thirst when food and water ran out.