Sunday, August 31, 2008
about a year ago, i was sitting on a plane, headed for home.
i had spent half the day milling around airports, playing out transit times that all i could think of on this final leg of the journey was to just get over it as soon as possible so that i could be home with family.
halfway through the flight however, the plane hit major turbulence that had me literally closing my eyes and praying that everything would be all right. and i remember thinking, over and over again: please Lord please Lord ...
and then the passenger next to me spoke up and i opened my eyes, only to realize that she was speaking to her partner next to her.
"isn't it amazing? in such a turbulence and on such a dark night as this, the pilot can't really see anything and yet he still has to fly on, guided by only his instruments."
and that was when God started to speak to me...
how many times in our lives do we feel that we're flying solo? that we're lurching on in the dark? how often do we feel that the situation is way bigger than us? that we could so easily get lost because we don't know where we're heading...but know this, despite the fact that you can't see and that you don't understand, know this:that God has a plan for your life, a purpose for you. He has a destination for you and believe me, it's a great place. But sometimes, you just can't see it from where you're standing or maybe, you're just halfway there. so just press on. because like the pilot in turbulence whose own human senses cannot help him, sometimes all our logic and all our earthly knowledge cannot figure out what's going on. but just like the pilot who relies on his plane's instruments which can pick up things beyond his senses to fly on, we need to rely on God who is able to look way and beyond our current position to move on.He will see you through :)
She thanks her Jesus at 6:51 PM
