July 18, 2022 - Good Morning! It’s Monday, July 18.
Have you ever taken a wrong turn in your life? Found yourself going in the wrong direction? Douglas Corrigan became famous for doing just that. He was born in Galveston, Texas in 1907 and was always fascinated by one thing - airplanes. He became a pilot and flight mechanic, and was part of the team that prepared “The Spirit of St. Louis,” the plane that Charles Lindbergh piloted across the Atlantic in his historic flight.
Corrigan was obsessed with following in Lindbergh’s footsteps, but was never able to get clearance for a Tran-Atlantic journey. Officials took one look at his plane - a cobbled together rattletrap - and turned him down time and time again. And then, on July 18, 1938, Corrigan was supposed to take off from New York City and fly to California. Instead, he took a wrong turn, headed East, and 27 hours later, landed in Dublin, Ireland!
When "Wrong Way" Corrigan returned to New York, he was greeted with a ticker-tape parade bigger than Lindbergh's. He became a national celebrity and made a fortune endorsing products like a wristwatch that ran backwards. And until the end of his life in 1995, he continued to swear that it had all been an accident, a mistake, a wrong turn.
Wrong turns in our lives don't usually lead to fame and fortune. They typically lead to damage and disappointment. So, if you find yourself moving away from God, headed away from His best for your life - don't follow the example of Wrong Way Corrigan. Turn around!
Acts 3:19 - Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
Bro. David
dmathis@fbccenter.org
