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Someone to Watch Over Me

Album: Gold Audio 10: Other Times, Other Places

Episode: 144

Lesson/Theme: God's protection; guardian angels.

Bible Verse: Psalm 91:11-12; Matthew 18:10

Characters: George, Jimmy, Whit

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: February 9, 1991

Last Air Date: July 26, 2008

Description:
Jimmy Barclay is on the strangest Imagination Station adventure of his life! It starts out in the cockpit of a World War II bomber plane. Jimmy is on a mission over Germany with his copilot, Nagle. Jimmy is about to be shot out of the sky by the evil General Grimmstaad. The general seems to have a personal vendetta against Jimmy. In order to save his plane and crew, Jimmy parachutes out of the plane. He lands in a haystack, where he is again met by Nagle! Now, however, they are secret agents in Cold War Europe. Jimmy and Nagle must smuggle secret papers out of the communist bloc, past the evil General Grimmkov. But they end up trapped on a cliff. The only escape is to high dive into the ocean below. Jimmy takes the plunge, grabbing on to a piece of floating driftwood. Soon, a three-masted schooner passes by and fishes him out of the water. Again waiting for him on board is Mr. Nagle, who is now a yeoman to Jimmy's admiral! This time, they're being chased by the dreadful pirate Grimmbeard. An epic sea battle takes place. Jimmy's ship fights furiously, but it's no use. Grimmbeard boards the ship and nearly captures Jimmy. He escapes by going down into the hold. There, a door slides open. He then finds himself in a spaceship, copiloted by his old friend Nagle! Now they're being chased by the vile Grimm, who is trying to vaporize them. But suddenly, Jimmy doesn't want to play anymore. The whole thing has become tiresome, the strangest Imagination Station adventure he's ever been on, and he wants Whit to let him out! But Nagle tells Jimmy that Whit can't let him out . . . because this isn't an Imagination Station adventure. In a touching and surprising conclusion, Jimmy learns that there is a spiritual realm at work beyond his imagination and that his life is, and always has been, in the hands of God.

Questions:
Why didn't Jimmy have anything to fear from Grimmstaad, Grimmkov, Grimmbeard, and Grimm? Read Matthew 18:10. Can you think of a time when one of God's angels protected you? If so, when? Do you think what happened to Jimmy is really possible?