When God has other plans.
As written FROM the airport, moments after it happened and posted in the moment. Not perfect... but here it is:
A long day of travel after an emotionally charged orphan care conference has me ready to cry at the drop of a hat. So I find myself in the Delta Sky lounge crying my eyes out, praising the Lord for a daughter of the most high God, wearing a “Bridget B.” name tag. Bridget B. was headed out of the Sky Lounge (where she works and I do not belong) when she saw me. My flight had been delayed, causing me to miss my connection. I now had hours to wait in the Atlanta airport. I'd skipped lunch and was loathing all my fast food options. I'm sure I looked stressed and frazzled. ... She stopped me and struck up a conversation, because she’s sweet and could see that I was on a tightrope trying not to fall into a heap of tears. She ended up bringing me into the lounge “as her guest” and giving me a nice dinner “on the house” before sharing her heartbreak over having been abandoned as a child and adopted. ( Did I mention I’d JUST come from an orphan care conference.) Jesus’ presence was there!(And I’m crying again as I type). I was given the divine privilege of speaking truth and love and CHRIST into her heart, because God used my “bad day”, my “last drop of energy moment “ to heal her!!!! He, WITHOUT A DOUBT, held my plane up (possibly sent me all the way to Dallas to study for days on how to minister to people JUST LIKE THIS) so that on my way back through Atlanta he could pursue Bridget B. Before I left, I prayed with her, thanked God for her and thanked him for loving her so much that he arranged my whole day to send her that message. She hugged me and said “ I think I just EXPERIENCED the Love of God for the first time!” Wow. Talk about a huge pay off for a small inconvenience!!!
God, delay all my flights... stop me in my tracks, traffic jam every street ... and detail my WHOLE LIFE, if it means drawing your children to you!!!!
Can you imagine if we walked through every day seeing our “derailments” as nudges in the right direction. If we would breathe and take in this lovely choreography that God is creating! The joy of knowing that His hand is always directing.... is inexpressible.
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