Acts 28
Ashore on Malta
1Once safely on shore, we found out that the island was called Malta. 2The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold. 3Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. 4When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, "This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live." 5But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects. 6The people expected him to swell up or suddenly fall dead, but after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
As usual, it has been a long time since my last post. I just haven't had much willpower lately to type anything. But I had to let you in on my trip this weekend. I'm leading a formation of 2 F-16's to participate in the Malta International Airshow. www.maltairshow.com It should be a good time. I've been planning this trip for a while and am ready to get the trip underway. Most people have heard of Malta...but don't really know where it is. It's an island country just south of Sicily. It's quite famous as a destination for vacationers and island bums. It's also famous for things biblical as well (see Paul's shipwreck passage from Acts above).
I'll definitely be taking some pics...so look forward to those.
More posts on my return Monday evening...
Ciao
2 comments:
I want to be viper-proof like Paul!
That is a cool way of telling us about Malta..biblical style format. It is interesting to hear about Malta since I have ever only known the name from its biblical history.
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