{"id":45483,"date":"2020-07-15T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=45483"},"modified":"2021-04-01T09:42:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:42:15","slug":"christian-fighter-pilot-returns-to-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/15\/christian-fighter-pilot-returns-to-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Fighter Pilot Returns to the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"LtCol Jonathan “Flood” Kassebaum, commander of the 125th Operation Support Squadron at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida, flew an F-15 Eagle<\/a> last week<\/a> \u2013 eight months after nearly being electrocuted in his backyard.<\/p>\n

Kassebaum was severely injured while working on a project in the backyard of his family home. He remained lifeless for nearly 12 minutes after the electrocution and was placed in a medically induced coma.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In his civilian life, Kassebaum is the Lead Pastor of the Crossing Church<\/a>, and he told his story<\/a> at the church last November. He initially describes the series of events that saved his life as miracles \u2013 but later reconsiders, noting the otherwise \u201cnormal\u201d things strung together to save his life are indications of God\u2019s sovereignty<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cYa know,\u201d Jonathan said, \u201cGod saw fit to use me and our family and our story to, to just say, ‘I got this. I’m in charge of all this stuff. I control these things.\u2019 There’s no other explanation for it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the conversation about whether he would ever fly again (which was not a certainty), Kassebaum demonstrated the perspective<\/a> many Christians have when they work even in awe-inspiring professions, whether football players<\/a> or fighter pilots: It\u2019s a great life, but it isn\u2019t everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my perspective, I know that this is a gift of being able to fly,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you told me tomorrow that I couldn\u2019t fly again, then, so be it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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