athenasius
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Jan, I've just been catching up on this thread. You've had a dreadful time.
Praying you get home safe and sound.
Anyone else get caught in the flight cancellations??
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ItIsFinished!
Blood bought child of the King of kings.
I pray the Lord uses you to bring Him glory.
I'm very happy to hear you are at peace. A peace only He can give .
Jan51
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Update: I last posted Monday morning, a day after I cancelled my United Monday flight as the weather report said 3 inches of snow for Monday. But Monday morning it no longer said snow. However, on the local news that evening, it said over 600 flights had been cancelled that day due to the freezing fog, so again I was glad I cancelled. Plus the train I would have taken home from Reno, arriving here at 7 pm, was many hours late, originating in CA where the weather was a mess, plus negotiating the Sierras. A friend would have had to pick me up late in the night.
So I hung out in my nice downtown room for a couple days, eating two meals a day in the restaurant downstairs. Twice I had conversations from God with people sitting by me. I had a two-minute walk to the station Wed. morning, beautiful sunny weather for a scenic trip home, another conversation from God with my seatmate for the first 8 hours, a Christian young man, a Baptist pastor's son, who was a funeral director, and arrived yesterday morning. I AM SO HAPPY! Last night I slept 10 hours, which I have never done.
So I hung out in my nice downtown room for a couple days, eating two meals a day in the restaurant downstairs. Twice I had conversations from God with people sitting by me. I had a two-minute walk to the station Wed. morning, beautiful sunny weather for a scenic trip home, another conversation from God with my seatmate for the first 8 hours, a Christian young man, a Baptist pastor's son, who was a funeral director, and arrived yesterday morning. I AM SO HAPPY! Last night I slept 10 hours, which I have never done.
athenasius
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Oh Jan PRAISE GOD! You are home, safe and sound! And with a few God appointments along the way! Praising God with you!!!!
Everlasting Life
Through Faith in Jesus
Jan51
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I debated for several days whether I even wanted to post this story on my Facebook. Over the last several years I have posted less and less personal info--mostly Bible, politics, horse, humor. But I did, because it is one more opportunity to point others to the Lord, and to testify how He works in my life, as well as to encourage the faith of my believing FB friends, how He is sovereign over all, and how He has changed me over the years. I see FB as a mission field. I pray daily for my unsaved FB friends and that God may use the crumbs I drop.
Baby Yoda
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Me either, and definitely not at Thanksgiving, which is even worse I believe.
athenasius
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The best beloved beside me in the pic of us both has decided to book us a Christmas into New Years cruise for next December and I'm like
are we SURE honey?????? Like really sure????? The departure is a few days before Christmas. Getting home just after New Years.I'm comforting myself with the idea that maybe the Rapture will happen first and I don't have to worry about our luggage or cancelled flights and long delays.
That and the fact that he changes his mind as frequently as the weather with upcoming cruises. I have 2 packing lists on my iphone. One for warm weather, one for cooler weather. I don't get all invested in anything till he puts final payment on it. He enjoys himself with finding better deals, better dates so I don't get all excited till 6 weeks before we leave. Then I gear down into packing and preparing.
athenasius
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Jan I'm glad you did.
You never know when or how God will use your testimony, and likely as not it won't be something you planned for. I was thinking about the times I've led people to the Lord and it was the LAST thing I was expecting when I began those conversations.
Till we go, whatever social media or other ways we communicate are potential mission fields or teaching assignments from the Lord. I have an instagram account which I won't mention the name of, (against the rules here) but I partially use it to keep up with my various family members and give all of them and me something to talk about -- keeping the ice broken so to speak so that WHEN any of them need something that the Lord wants them to ask about--it's already an easy relationship. The other aspect is to show what I'm doing with keeping life simplified so they can borrow techniques that work for me-- as if they were looking over my shoulder as I cook and clean etc.
Your determination and endurance are commendable, and I will never again complain about my own minor travel issues. The worst that ever happened to me was a 3 hour holdover in Atlanta.
Jan51
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Haha, this experience will certainly affect my responses to other crises in life. But one thing that I think helped me, besides the Lord's previous work in my life, was, my husband had a rule: no complaining, no whining. It doesn't do any good, it is just negativity. And I have come to see that doing so is a contradiction for the Christian--if God is in control, how dare we complain about it? God has His reasons, maybe protecting us from something else, maybe growing us and building patience or endurance, maybe a witness to someone else.
ItIsFinished!
Blood bought child of the King of kings.
Amen!
Absolutely agree.
Everlasting Life
Through Faith in Jesus
Jan, thanks for sharing that.
I've found that initial 'problems' became the avenue or tool that God used for resolving bigger or other problems.So now, when an initial 'problem' crops up I've learned to try to have the habit of thanking God for what He's doing, got planned or going to resolve.
Not perfect but by God's grace growing in this.
What an enjoyable thread.
