In 1987, Mathieu Boya, a teenage boy in the small African country of Benin, decided to practice his golf swing in an open pasture. With one swing of the golf club, Boya set off an unbelievable series of events. The shot, “a glorious slice” it was called, struck a hapless passing gull.
The bird was stunned by the blow and plunged straight down directly into the open cockpit of a French-built Mirage fighter of the Benin Air Force as it was taxiing. The bird landed in the Benin pilot’s lap startling him. The bird immediately regained consciousness and began flapping its wings furiously.
This totally rattled the hapless pilot who apparently forgot he was taxiing at the time and the Mirage rolled into a parked row of four other Mirage fighters, severely damaging all aircraft. All five fighter aircraft, the entire fighter inventory of Benin, were totally destroyed at a cost of more than $40 million.
Boya was jailed immediately for “hooliganism,” and his own attorney said he had no chance of winning a trial. Meanwhile, the country had no money in its treasury and wanted Boya to pay $40 million to replace the jets. Boya made $275 per year and figured it would take 145,000 years to pay off his debt to society.
Sounds like a debt that can not be paid; a lot like our sin and guilt.
Thanks be to Jesus for paying the debt.
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