Emphasis Preaching Journal

In the early stages of Army paratrooper training, soldiers take practice jumps from a tower, learn how to pack a parachute and become familiar with their equipment. Yet the day eventually comes when the recruits must take their step out of an airplane in flight. They hook their ripcord to an overhead line and slowly move in single file toward the open door. In the moment of truth, each one stands for a moment contemplating the vast emptiness outside the plane. Fear enters the mind, in that moment. No matter how thorough the training, always there is the fear.