No insignificant people

From a book I've read, just came across it again.

"During the last months of World War II, the British conducted daily bombing raids over Berlin. The bombers would take off from an airstip in England and fly surrounded by smaller fighter planes who job t was to keep German fighters from attacking the bombers, which were easy targets.
One night after a successful bombing raid, as they were heading for the safety of England, the bobmers were attached by a large group of German fighter planes. Somehow, during the dogfight, one bomber found itself flying alone with no protection, and suddenly, a German fighter appeared out of nowhere. The crew of the bomber watched as the German plan moved closer and closer, until finally, it was in range. Thge prepared for the worst and watched helplessly as tracer bullets began spitting from the fighter. Bullets whizzed by them, over and under, until Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Five bullets slammed into the fuselage of the bomber near the gas tank. The crew braced for the explosion, but nothing happened. They could see fuel pouring from the bullet holes, but there was no explosion. Miraculously, they were able to make it back to their base and get safely off the plane.
A few hours after they had landed, one of the mechanics showed up in the crew's barraks. He had found five bullets inside the fuel tanks, crumpled but not exploded. He handed them to the pilot. The pilot carefully opened the shells and to the crew's amazement found each one empty of gunpowder. Inside one was a tiny wad of paper. When he unfolded the paper, he found a note which read, "We are Polish POWs-forced to make bullets in factory. When guards do not look, we do not fill with powder. Is not much, but is best we can do. Please tell family we are alive."


The note was signed by four Polish prosoners of war.*

Since the beginning, God has chosen the tiny over the large: David over Golaith, Gideon and his three hundred over thousands of Midianites, Elijah over the prophets of Baal, one sheep over 99 sheep."

From Messy Spirituality by Michael Yaconelli


* I can back this up.

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