Excitement, confusion, and an overwhelming sense of purpose filled me this morning. Thanks to my newly adapted passport (containing a visa) I was completely ready to leave for England. Through a frustrating morning of hustle and bustle, I was able to complete all of the cleaning and duties inherent to leaving for an extended period of time.
Thanks to a crazy awesome group of friends, I was driven here to San Diego International to take a flight to LAX then on to Heathrow. I was extremely exited, typing this entry, saying goodbye to friends on the phone, eating my last peperachini lathered sandwich for six months. Then... "attention, flight 6283 is actually one hour and a half late, instead of boarding, we will be redirecting passengers who need to transfer to other airlines."
The frantic nature of my behavior was nearly comical, my eyes were twitching back and forth, while my hands defiantly shook. I was frightened as I had purchased my plane ticket on Expedia.com and was unsure of my status in regards to flight changes. In all the confusion I remembered the patience God had been developing in me through the process with my Visa, and I sat to pray. All I could say in my anger at the airline and sheer frustration was, "God, not my will but thy will be done." With a suddenness that only the spirit can bring, I calmed. The feeling was strange, partially assured, but mainly free. It's somewhat of an oddity, but I hadn't been praying for the ticket to go through, simply that what I did was in his will, and that is what freed me I suppose, simply to want to act in a way that is efficient, not worrying about outside forces enacting on me at a future time. I had done all I could do.
The attendant that had been sitting there through all of this called for "Passenger Savage". I sighed off great relief when she informed me there was a possibility British Airways might take my ticket. I calmly thanked her. Her surprise at my calm attitude led to a quick process and just like that, a British Airways ticket was at my disposal. From the United Desk, I traversed the confusing journey to the American Airlines/British Airways desk where I was helped by a man who was extremely amused at the comparison between my passport photo and my current appearance. And from here I write, a soon to be passenger aboard the British Arline flight to Heathrow, extremely exited, a tad bit tired, and trusting in God.
1 What then shall we say was gained by[a] Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in[b] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” Romans 4:1-8
The frantic nature of my behavior was nearly comical, my eyes were twitching back and forth, while my hands defiantly shook. I was frightened as I had purchased my plane ticket on Expedia.com and was unsure of my status in regards to flight changes. In all the confusion I remembered the patience God had been developing in me through the process with my Visa, and I sat to pray. All I could say in my anger at the airline and sheer frustration was, "God, not my will but thy will be done." With a suddenness that only the spirit can bring, I calmed. The feeling was strange, partially assured, but mainly free. It's somewhat of an oddity, but I hadn't been praying for the ticket to go through, simply that what I did was in his will, and that is what freed me I suppose, simply to want to act in a way that is efficient, not worrying about outside forces enacting on me at a future time. I had done all I could do.
The attendant that had been sitting there through all of this called for "Passenger Savage". I sighed off great relief when she informed me there was a possibility British Airways might take my ticket. I calmly thanked her. Her surprise at my calm attitude led to a quick process and just like that, a British Airways ticket was at my disposal. From the United Desk, I traversed the confusing journey to the American Airlines/British Airways desk where I was helped by a man who was extremely amused at the comparison between my passport photo and my current appearance. And from here I write, a soon to be passenger aboard the British Arline flight to Heathrow, extremely exited, a tad bit tired, and trusting in God.
1 What then shall we say was gained by[a] Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in[b] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
7 “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered;
8 blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.” Romans 4:1-8
Love your journey- I feel a tiny bit part in it since you were my writing student and I now see some import :) Blessings, UP/LG
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