So it had to be sometime about early spring of 1989 or so... My friend and idol Stan Johnson called to see if I wanted to go to the White Buffalo resort the next morning to wet a hook in the river...
"they're not generating, so the water should be perfect", was his sales pitch...
"yeah, but Stan, it's gonna be about 40 degrees in the morning", was my weak objection...
So the next morning about 6, there we were waist deep in the beautiful (and very cold) White River, casting upstream and letting the current carry the salmon eggs across the smooth rocks of the riverbed... bumping along 'til the line would go taut... setting the hook and bringing in the trophy (OK, that's a bit of a stretch... but we did catch a few rainbows that morning...)
Those of you who have fished at the confluence of the White and Buffalo rivers know that the train tracks run along the river valley... so it's no surprise to hear the occasional locomotive come chugging down the tracks and rattle the ground...
But that morning, as we began to hear a low rumble, it was different. Stanley was standing about 20 yards downstream from me... we looked at each other for a moment, then returned to the work of reeling and watching our fishing line...
the rumble grew, and Stan said to me, "that's not a train..."
His words barely had a chance to echo across the water before the rumble became a deafening roar...
and suddenly two F-14 Tomcat fighter jets screamed down the river right above our heads...
SSSSSSWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSHHHHHHHHH! they roared by, slickly maneuvering between the bluffs of the riverbank...
the sound died as quickly as it had built... and the river was silent again...
Stan and I looked at each other, speechless... neither of us had ever been dive-bombed by fighter jets before... but we were both very glad that the water was above our waists, since we both had relieved ourselves!
Of course, these pilots were performing maneuvers in the hills and hollers of the Ozarks... I learned later that they used the White River valley often to simulate the topography of some 3rd world country on the other side of the planet...
but that day they scared two fisherman almost to death... and my friend Stan and I laugh about it everytime we talk...
When I think of that day, sometimes I think of our Savior returning... several Bible verses describe a pretty noisy affair: "the roar of a lion", "the roar of rushing waters" or "the roar of a great multitude"...
And while much language referring to the last days and heaven are likely symbolic and figurative, I somehow think that Jesus' return will be accompanied, literally, by a loud roar...
Combine that with the Biblical references to the 'unexpectedness' of His return, and I can imagine that day may be at least a little bit like that day on the White River... when, suddenly, the serenity and calm of a pristine moment is shattered by a very loud and surprising sound...
And, for my part, I simply can't wait!
blessings!
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