A lesson while in the air

Last week I was getting ready for my trip to the ATL. I was really excited about having the opportunity to leave the city (old place) to travel to Atlanta, Georgia (new place).

I prepared myself by packing my luggage, checking to see what the weather was going to be (by the way it is suppose to snow 1 – 3 inches tomorrow…I could have stayed in Ohio for that mess), and making sure that I had everything that I needed for this trip…..I WAS PREPARED

I got up that morning and one of my son’s took me to the airport so I could catch my flight …..I SHOWED UP

I arrived at the airport in enough time so I wouldn’t miss my flight….. I WAS ON TIME

I was sitting on this plane saying God I am glad that You allowed me to be prepared for this trip You told me I could go on, I am thankful that you woke me up so I could show up and be on time so I could go on this trip You told me I could go on. God I am even excited that the pane took off with no problems…….

Now here is my lesson………I was so excited when the pilot came over the intercom and said we are going to prepare for our descent into Atlanta because we have arrived!!!!! So prepare yourself for landing………….So as I was getting more excited about getting ready to land, something weird happened ….The plane, instead of decreasing, it increased in altitude and tilted as if we were now going in another direction….

I am tripping now…….we started to circle Atlanta FOUR times before we began the descent we started 25 minutes prior! Then after waiting in the air 25 minutes, even though I was over the place that I was suppose to be , we began to descend and FINALLY we landed.

Before I got off the plane I asked the pilot, who was telling us thanks for flying Delta (you know I had to ask), why did we have to circle Atlanta in the air so many times? His response was:

There were four other planes that had to have clearance to land before we did. They had delayed departures from there cities and they had to land as quickly as possible to get back on schedule for the sake of the other people who are waiting for takeoff!

So I got excited that even though some people are delayed in takeoff, God does His thing by getting us back on schedule for other people. Also, I thank God that He knows about the other planes in the air, because if I would have had my way we would have landed soon as we got over Atlanta…..but that would have caused a CRASH with another plane that had CLEARANCE!

So even though you were prepared, showed up on time , every now and then we might have to circle around the place God told us to go to and land just so other people He told the same thing to can land first….THE PROMISE IS YOU ARE GOING TO GET THERE He didn’t say how long it would be before you do.