Amelia Earhart was one of the world's most famous aviators. She was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic ocean alone in 1932. In June 1937, she attempted the first around-the-world flight at the equator. She completed about two thirds of her journey, but somewhere between her last stop in New Guinea and her next destination, a tiny island called Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean, she and her navigator disappeared. She was never heard from again, and the search for her missing plane continues today. According to Discovery News, pieces of her plane might have recently been found in footage taken by underwater vehicles. Check out the article to read more: http://news.discovery.com/history/amelia-earhart-plane-located-120817.html There is also a theory that Earhart and her navigator made an emergency landing on the coral reef of an island called Nikumaroro and died there as castaways. To read more about theories of her disappearance, read this article titled, "What Happened to Amelia? 9 Tantalizing Theories About the Earhart Disappearance." http://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-amelia-9-tantalizing-theories-about-the-earhart-disappearance
Amelia undoubtedly had a passion for flying airplanes. She was willing to risk her life for it, and did lose it. What are you passionate about? The Apostle Paul was willing to lose his life for Christ. In Paul's letter to the Philippians (Phil. 1:21), he wrote, "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain." He wrote "to live is Christ" because Jesus is what life is all about. He wrote "to die is gain" because he knew that if he lost his life, he would be with our Lord. I want to have that same attitude about life!
