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Steve Scheibner Research Paper

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On Monday September 10, 2001, at approximately 3pm, Steve Scheibner, American Airline pilot, did what he normally would do the day before he was able to go out flying. Steve logged onto his computer to find out if there was any unassigned flights for the following day, and sure enough, there was a flight from Boston, which departed at 7:45am to Los Angeles. Steve was the only pilot available to fly on September 11, so he began to prepare for his flight the next day. Although, Steve did not know that he would not be the pilot who was on Flight 11. Steve never received a phone call from the airline to finalize his assignment to the flight. A senior pilot named Tom McGuinness was reassigned the flight. What Steve did not know at the time was that it was a blessing from God in disguise. The plane that Steve Scheibner was supposed to fly on September 11 did not arrive in Los Angeles at 11:55 as planned. Once the plane reached 23,000 feet in the air, Tom McGuinness let autopilot take over until they approached Los Angeles, and that is when chaos began to occur. …show more content…

Steve Scheibner was very faithful to God and had a life objective, which was “One day I might hear God say, well-done my good and faithful servant”. By God saving Steve this gave him the time he needed to do his good in our world, and preach his faith. God has his reasons for why he saves one and not another. By some people, this may seem to be just a coincidence or luck, but there are no coincidence's in the Kingdom of God. God was watching over Steve, and saw the good he could do in our world. Us humans will never be able to understand the power of God and how strong it is, and it is not something that we can prove with

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