Just recently, I saw this TV show about this British kayaker who capsized in heavy seas off southern England a few years ago.
Mark Ashton-Smith, a 33 year old a lecturer at Cambridge University, knew he was in serious trouble when he fell into the ice cold water. He clung to his upturned kayak in treacherous seas off the Isle of Wight.
Fortunately, he had a phone with him, but his immediate thought wasn’t to call nearby emergency services, which were only a mile or two away. Instead, he decided on something different. He told the reporters, “I spent several minutes racking my brains to think of someone who could help and could only come up with my sister and my dad.”
His father Alan Pimm-Smith was training British troops in Dubai 3500 miles away when he got the call from his son. Without any delay, the father called the Coast Guard nearest to his son. Within 12 minutes, a helicopter was dispatched and Mark was rescued.
As I thought about this, here is what came to mind...No matter what kind of troubles you may face, you can always count on God, your heavenly Father, to help you. You call on him and he will help you!
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