Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

I got on the plane and looked at the ticket and I noticed the ticketgot into Chicago, 6:00 and the Manchester plane left at 6:10. Tenminutes! I said, “Will I have time?”“Don’t think so.”So while we’re up in the air, the pilot said, “Could I have yourattention?” There are very dangerous thunderstorms ahead. Andrather than take you through them, we are going around. Butunfortunately, it will add another half hour to the journey.” Thatwas not now 10 minutes, but 40 minutes away!I tried to get off the plane. I couldn’t get out. When I got there,I was fed up, lost the Presence, weary…. I stood there and said,“Oh Lord, I’m all wrong. Please forgive me, have mercy on me.”I thought, “Well, the plane’s gone, that’s it.” And I crawled alongto the Manchester gate. It was empty, everybody gone. Therewere two girls laughing, giggling at the desk. I said, “Has theManchester plane gone?”“Mr. Burt, Mr. Burt! Are you Mr. Burt?!”“Yes.”“Get yourself down there! You’ve held the plane up for 25 minutes!They’re all waiting for you! Get yourself down there!”And they grabbed me and stuck me in a first class seat!“You weren’t late to the meeting after all!”Some years ago, a dear little Episcopal priest named FatherSherwood took me on a tour of Cape Kennedy. We had arrangedto go that night to a meeting of Charismatic Roman Catholicswhere they had invited me to speak. I was stopping at the homeof Brother Tom Snyder. When we returned after our tour of theSpace Center, we were rather late and Tom had already gone tothe meeting.I was still in casual clothes, and I thought, “Well, I suppose Tomwould have taken my Bible and tambourine and my jacket to themeeting.” So, I turned to Father Sherwood, we called him“Sherry”, and said, “Well, we’d better go straight to the hall,Brother.”205