On November 8, 1994, Pastor Scott Willis and his wife, Janet, were traveling
with six of their nine children on Highway I-94 near Milwaukee when a piece of
metal fell off the truck ahead of them. Scott had no choice but to let the
object pass under his vehicle; the result was that the rear gas tank exploded
and five of the six Willis children died instantly in the flames. The sixth
child, Benjamin, died a few hours later.
Scott and Janet were able to get out of the vehicle, sustaining burns from which
they would later recover. Standing there watching their children die in the
fire, Scott said to Janet, "This is the moment for which we are prepared." The
courage of this couple was reported throughout the United States and the world.
Christ walked with them through the deep sorrows of this tragedy.
"Every morning we awake we say, this is one more day to prove the faithfulness
of God. Every night we say, we are one day closer to seeing our children again."
Such is the testimony of this couple who understood that children are a gift of
God; and when God wants them back, He has the right to take them to Himself.
Job, the Old Testament patriarch, would agree. .
One Minute After You Die, Erwin W. Lutzer, Moody Publishers, copyright © 1997,
"used with permission of the publisher." P. 122-123.
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