Rules of Flying

I was at it again, engrossed in another movie and what do you know, another spiritual insight comes flying at me.  This was from a movie I have already seen and shared some with you, but good anyway.

Being a member of the great entertainment industry I have found that being able to stay afloat and sane is sometimes the hardest thing for people to do, but what about the rest of the world.  Wouldn't you agree that surviving is sometimes the hardest thing to do? Financially, physically, socially?  Well let me propose this: Understanding who God is and that he is love here is the following from the movie Serenity

River and Mal sit at the controls of the space ship.  A rain storm ensues outside.  Mal flips switches and dials as he guides the boat through the sky.

Mal:

It ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross.  You know what the first rule of flying is?

(beat)

Well, I suppose you do since you already know what I'm about to say.

River:

I do.  But I like to hear you say it.

Mal:

Love.  You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love she'll shake you off just as the turn of the worlds.  Love keeps her in the air when she ought to fall down, tells you she's hurting before she keels.  Makes her a home.

River:

Storms getting worse.

Mal:

We'll pass through it soon enough.

They wait as the ship is shaken by the storm until calm.  Storm breaks, sun shines.  Off into space.

So when the storm keeps blaring and the boat of yours should not be in the air, just know that you'll pass through it soon enough, both of you, God guiding your boat safely through it.