One Glorious Night

By James R. Fogg Jr.

Who among us can peer into the future to discern what lies ahead as we work and play in our everyday lives? Only our Creator knows. Most of our days terminate with varying degrees of success; some days strike us as gleefully satisfying as we lay our heads on our pillows at night. Sadly, sometimes fate can turn against us to test our will and fortitudeall so very unexpectedly.

In One Glorious Night, author James R. Fogg Jr. shares his own life-changing experience, where he had to use every available tool in his arsenal to rejoin his dear family and friends. During a thirty-hour stretch from October 18 to October 19, 2016, seventy-eight-year-old James would find himself lost in the woods of Routt National Forest, Colorado, while hunting elk. Only his fine physical shape, undying determination, and strong faith in God would see him through the snow and brutal cold, and his story speaks to the miraculous presence of God to help us when we lose our wayeither literally or spiritually.

Our journeys can be beset with obstacles and challengesand we may even waver with doubt from time to time and find ourselves lostyet God knows where the path will lead, and so it is up to us to walk with him out of the woods.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 31, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973616016

James R. Fogg Jr.

James R. Fogg Jr. is a retired Delta Air Lines pilot, who previously was a U.S. Air Force rescue pilot in Vietnam, flying 146 combat missions. He has been happily married for fifty-seven years, has two loving children, two marvelous children-in-laws, and five wonderful grandchildren. He is the co-author of Vietnam to Western Airlines, Volume 1 (2013) and Volume 3 (2018), which documents his actions as the commander of rescue missions. He is also the author of One Glorious Night, which highlights his miraculous escape from disaster while elk hunting in Colorado.

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ISBN: 978-1-9736-1602-3 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018900716

WestBow Press rev. date: 01/19/2018

Contents

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One Glorious Night

Epilogue

Author’s Note

Dedication

I wish to dedicate this book primarily to my descendants, from children and grandchildren down to great- and great-great-grandchildren yet unborn. May my story inspire them, just as I am inspired by my ancestors, such as John Longest (my grandma Fogg’s grandfather), killed in the Civil War. Bloodlines and past experiences influence our lives more than we realize. Another hope for this work is that all who read it will be moved and transformed to live more purposeful and devoted lives.

Preface

I, Jim Fogg, while hunting elk in Routt National Forest, Colorado, in October 2016, lived through a life-changing experience. I promise never to forget it.

I am a seventy-eight-year-old Sunday school teacher who is neither senile nor crazy. I clearly saw my surroundings and fully realized my experiences on that most memorable night and early morning of October 18 through October 19. Very plainly, my Lord is with me now and forever.

Acknowledgments

I would be remiss if I did not give credit to and say thanks to an inspirational Christian lady in Winters, Texas, whom I have never met. She is Leigh Powers, a pastor’s wife, freelance writer, and graduate of Baylor University. This fine lady wrote the series of Sunday school lessons from which I taught on Sunday, October 30, 2016. This book’s section titled The Heavenly Vision was extracted from her series of lessons, which were so very enlightening.

Also, I am thankful for my King James Bible, from which I quote Matthew 18:11–13 in this book to clarify my take on my experience.

Introduction

Who among us can peer into the future to discern what lies ahead as we