Welcome to Telegrams From Heaven. Amelia Earhart sends a Telegram From Heaven to a fellow pilot while using a unique 1920s and 30s vernacular. We’ve translated Amelia’s telegram into an easier to read experience. We hope you enjoy it. Thanks for dropping by.
A Husband and Pilot You are the bees knees. I couldn’t pass up a chance to say hello to a fly boy fellow aviator. At a flying exhibition in my youth, a World War I ace flew close by. I believe that little red airplane spoke to me as it swished by. I have not been in an airplane in many years. Wait until you experience flying without an airplane. It's berries. No hurry though. I also enjoyed driving my little yellow peril. A Kissel two seat speedster. A real hayburner. Cost me lots of clams. I avoided handcuffs and manacles for as long as possible. I finally succumbed. Heard you are wearing a manacle. Good for you. I hope everything is Jake. If not, I expect tomorrow to get better. Do not want to be a wet blanket, but gotta land this telegram. Amelia Earhart
Is Amelia Earhart in Heaven?
The result of salvation is eternal life in heaven with Jesus Christ. And it is easy to presume that Earhart currently resides in heaven.
Although no one truly knows the specifics of Amelia Earhart’s whereabouts upon her death, but two undisputed facts leading us to believe Amelia Earhart is in heaven today are that she was baptized a few days after her birth in 1897, and 12 years later she was confirmed into the Episcopal Church.
Amelia Earhart was baptized in the Trinity Episcopal Church of Atchison, Kansas, in 1897. Earhart also attended the church as a child. At the age of 12, Earhart was confirmed into the Episcopal Church. A newspaper clipping from the Atchison Weekly Globe, Atchison, Kansas, on April 7, 1910, offers limited details. According to the article, “Bishop Millspaugh confirmed the following class of twenty at Trinity church yesterday morning.” Amelia M. Earhart’s name was 16th on the list. (newspapers.com)
Confirmation is an affirmation of commitment and belief available to believers in various Protestant denominations. It is a rite that includes a profession of faith by an already baptized person. Candidates for confirmation most often must be prepared through a confirmation class. The newspaper clipping mentions that Earhart was one of twenty members of her confirmation class.
The Episcopal Church of North Texas lists a few “non-negotiable points” about the beliefs of Episcopalians.
There is one God, who is a Trinity of Persons. The First Person of the Trinity, traditionally called “Father,” created all things at the beginning of time Jesus Christ, the very human rabbi from 2000 years ago, was and is the Son of God, the Second Person of the Trinity, and our Savior. The Holy Scriptures (the Bible) are the revealed word of God, written by human beings under the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit, who is the Third Person of the Trinity. The Bible contains all things necessary for salvation.
Indeed, if, as it appears, Amelia Earhart believed these things at age 12, she was a believer in Jesus Christ and accepted His promise of eternal life upon her death. Her beliefs offered her salvation, which resulted in a permanent residence in heaven.
As Dr. Steven Waterhouse, in his book Not By Bread Alone, states that “Many scriptural texts present the only condition for salvation as being belief. In fact, there are over 150 New Testament passages where salvation is conditioned upon believing alone.”
About the Authors
The “authors” of each Telegram From Heaven are men and women of accomplishment who lived in the ancient or recent past. Each were known for their faith, or at least the potential for faith during their lifetimes. They are from around the globe, from every walk of life, and their life stories are inspiring and encouraging. We believe these stories offer powerful messages that might help change lives in some small or meaningful way, even if just to improve your walk with God, or to realize someone cares enough to send you a Telegram From Heaven.
The word “heaven” inspires limitless definitions among the religious and non-religious. A few examples include “the home of God,” “a setting of ultimate perfection in the clouds,” or “a place where the resurrection bodies and departed souls of believers spend eternity.” Most often the word conjures up images of ornate, opulent buildings and streets paved with gold. Of beauty, of paradise, of a heavenly kingdom.
Most Christians believe it is a real place, separate from Earth. Others are convinced it is close enough for its inhabitants to reveal themselves miraculously to the living.
Through brief, focused and topical messages, Telegrams From Heaven intends to encourage, entertain and inspire our neighbors around the world. We want to provide hope and inspiration.
Telegrams from Heaven are not intended to provoke or offend, but if you feel distressed in any way by one of our telegrams, we apologize.
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