In his book, The Fall of Fortresses, Elmer Bendiner tells of a B-17 Flying Fortress flying a bombing mission over Germany toward the end of World War II. It took several direct hits from Nazi anti-aircraft guns; a few actually hit the fuel tank. Miraculously, the crippled aircraft made it back without exploding or running out of fuel.
After landing, 11 unexploded 20 millimeter shells were carefully removed from the bomber’s fuel tank! Each was dismantled and examined. All 11 were empty of explosive material. A small note was found inside one of the shells, handwritten in Czech. Translated, it read, “This is all we can do for you now.”
A member of the Czech underground, working in a Nazi munitions factory, had deliberately omitted the explosives in at least 11 of the shells on his assembly line. He slipped the note into one of the shells, hoping that someone who benefited from his efforts might discover why. That same person may have died wondering if the quiet work he was doing to subvert the enemy war machine would ever make any difference to the outcome of the war. A Flying Fortress crew had him to thank for their lives.
See: Matthew 24:45-51; 1 Corinthians 12; Revelation 2:10
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