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On Tuesday, February 28th, a United States Coast
Guard helicopter went down in Mobile Bay during a training mission. No one
knows yet why… but that is not what matters right now.
On that helicopter were four men: a pilot, a co-pilot, a
mechanic, and a rescue diver. Immediately following the crash, the rescue diver
was found and could not be resuscitated. Since then, the members of the USCG along with
local law enforcement and personnel have worked tirelessly around the clock
searching for the other three men, and working to bring up the wreckage of the
helicopter. The Coast Guard has put on a brave face and said, repeatedly, “This
is a search and rescue mission. We are hoping to find these men alive.”
Yesterday, a local church here released the name of one of
the missing. A local television station released the name of another missing.
But the name of the one who died in service and one of the other Guardsmen
still remain private to the general public.
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But I can guarantee you… that to someone, their name is well
known. They are someone’s son or brother, possibly someone’s father or husband,
someone’s high school classmate… possibly a childhood friend. And even bigger
than all these, GOD knows their names. He knows the number of hairs (however military style short) on their heads.
Last night, my pastor gave a Bible study on Numbers 11, which
has NOTHING to do with missing Coast Guardsmen or rescue missions. It was discussing
how the Israelites complained about how God only provided manna to eat, and not
meat. They even questioned why they were ever brought out of Egypt. God told
Moses he would provide meat for these people for a month, and Moses questioned
God. How was he to provide meat for over 600,000 men and their families? Numbers
11:23 says, 23 And the Lord said
to Moses, “Has the Lord’s arm been shortened?”
MY GOD’s arms are long. They are
capable to wrapping around you and encasing you in comfort, protection, and
blessings. They are capable of holding you up through times of grief or
sickness or exhaustion. My God’s arms
are capable to scooping up the entire ocean and holding it…
And my God can reach down and pick up three men from wherever
they are and return them to their families.

And to my Coast Guard family, to whom I will always feel loyalty, “Semper Peratus”.
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