“My thoughts from 37,000 feet above…” by Aaron
I love my job! In one day I can be in five different cities and hear all the buzz of excitement coming from a couple going on their honeymoon, new parents flying to introduce their newborn to grandma and grandpa, sports teams celebrating their recent win, super fans traveling to see their favorite performer, and even groups of a hundred ladies going to Las Vegas for a Tupperware convention (who knew it would be a thing!?!)…the list is ENDLESS! Even with all the excitement flying can bring, you never know who is onboard and really suffering. I see unaccompanied minors (children traveling by themselves) that cry the entire flight because they have just said goodbye to one parent they know they will not see again until next summer, because their parents are divorced. I have had runaways that have been found and are being escorted back to their families that may or may not want to go home. I have Make~a ~wish children going on what may be their families’ last vacation all together. I have those desperately trying to make it home in time to say their final goodbyes to a loved one. These situations and many, many more always tug at my heart and are often never forgotten. I always feel like I kind of get a tiny little glimpse of perhaps what God may see everyday. And sometimes it’s not just the passengers that are going through the hardest of times, but also my coworkers. In this life I don’t believe there is anything that is “just a coincidence”, what may seem that way I believe was God chosen’s path for a reason and His divine intervention. So I am always on the lookout for who I can celebrate with and who I can give a hug or word of encouragement. That is my prayer that God will use me to make a difference in the world, to be a light, and to spread His love. It just so happens I was the one being blessed on my work trip this week by another passenger. I love when this happens because it is a reminder to me that God knows our hearts and hears our prayers. It was actually my fellow flight attendant and friend upfront who had just received some devastating news that her beloved family dog had run away and couldn’t be found. She was struggling to get through her announcements and could hardly fight back the tears. But you know, a passenger gave her a handwritten note folded up that she shared with me. It was two handwritten beautiful verses that was exactly what she needed to hear at that moment. God also knew I would need those verses as a reminder too in the coming days with all the bad news to come in the aviation world and in my own personal life. I just wanted to share them with anyone else that may need a reminder that God is FAITHFUL! He will NOT let you fall!! Life is HARD and he never promised it would be easy, but if you keep your eyes on Him and your thoughts on Him he will give you PERFECT PEACE that it will ALL be OK! What could possibly be better than PERFECT PEACE! No person, no thing, no amount of money, no doctor can prescribe perfect peace…it can ONLY come from God and it can only come when we keep our eyes on Him. I needed that reminder this week and God knew that. Maybe you do too. We all can lose our focus and feel like we have lost our way all hope to go on…but God is there like a loving Father with his arms stretched open wide just waiting for us to to come back to Him for that reassurance. HE ALREADY KNOWS and HE IS ALWAYS THERE and can handle ANYTHING you bring to HIM. Give it a try the next time anxiety and depression starts to sink in. Lift your prayers up to the Lord and see if you can feel that immediate sense of comfort. Did you know it is somehow scientifically proven that it is impossible to praise and worry at the same time!! And good news…my friend’s dog was found not too long after she received this beautiful word from God delivered by one of our passengers:
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