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It’s early Friday morning and I’m waiting for Trish my coworker to come off the plane from Wyoming. As I sit here working on some files behind my steering wheel of my car, I find out her flight gets delayed. Never mind the delay; I have files to do anyway. But as time drags on, I’m feeling grouchy … The waiting seems to bring out that side of me.
Are you like that too? I have waited for several “flights” in my life–getting married to Mr. Right, finding a career, having kids, ministry, and now kids moving out…
I remember reading a story one time in the newspaper of an elderly woman flying to Scotland. She boarded the wrong plane at the Los Angeles airport. Due to a computer error, no one knew she took another flight. She got on board, found a seat, and didn’t realize her travel plans had drastically changed until the plane landed in a different country like Africa.
Every one of us experience situations in life like her story. You think you’re taking the nonstop flight to your dreams, and next thing you know you’re marooned in a strange land you never wished-for to visit. You’re not quite sure how you got there, when you’ll be leaving, or what in the heck to do in the period in-between.
As I sit here in my car with my laptop I write this, that’s been on my journal pages over and over again….
While you may not be where you want to be, you don’t have to be there unaccompanied and whether or not you chose your detour/ roadblock, you can choose to make it a time of healing and development that changes the rest of your journey…
Has anyone else ever feel like they unexpectedly hopped on that flight to Africa?
I have!!
While waiting may not be my favorite thing for me to do, I’ve discovered there can be unexpected treasures in those times.
That doesn’t make it easier…but it does help to know and understand that God is working to make sure I won’t be boarding the plane empty-handed when the time does come.



