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Saturday, Oct. 29th 2011

NYC – LAX

I thank God every day for waking me up. Especially when I only had 4 hrs of sleep. Before I went to bed I prepped everything for the next morning, bags packed, check. Clothes laid out ready to wear, check. Phone charged, check. Important docs together, check. Snacks for the morning, check. Taxi booked, check and the list goes on. It is so important to plan ahead as best as you can to prevent any crazy last minute actions. Little did I know?

I woke up to my smart alarm 15 min. earlier at 4:15am. Common alarm, don’t be robbing me of my sleep. How many of you would go right back to sleep after hitting the snooze button? I’m not a big snooze button friend, unlike my husband. But when you are deprived from sleep, it becomes your best friend. Well, not really in my case. My alarm clock never buzzed again. Somehow, I felt something tugging me to wake up! The Holy Spirit does not play around with you. Now it’s 4:51am. The cab is picking me up at 5:00am. I jumped up like a fire broke out and got ready within 10 min. Thank God for preparation. The cab company called and checked up on me, great customer service.

My cab driver was from Yemen and lives in NYC with his brothers to provide for his family at home. I was impressed of his sacrifice. I have met many gentleman who had to leave their families at home in their country to earn a living in another country. Let us take this moment and thank God for our families. For those that live close by, give an extra shout to God. Don’t take your family for granted.

I arrived safe and sound at JFK with 45min left before the take of. Today I’m flying with Jet Blue, so far so good. Got my ticket and ready to go. Does any one remember the time, when there was no electronic check in? Back then you had to be at the airport 2 hrs before your flight took off. Thank God for any electronic devices that simplifies the process and saves time.

Then there goes the security line. It was not looking too promising. It seemed totally understaffed and way to many people are trying to get on a flight. I patiently waited, by God’s grace only. I quickly realized the time is moving fast, but the line doesn’t. Lord have mercy. The lines are moving slower then molasses, not good! I began to pray. Aren’t you glad God gave us tools to reach out to him. I love the access to my precious Father in Heaven. Time is flying by like the cars on the autobahn. Boarding time has started and I’m nowhere near the gate. Thank you Jesus for the fruits of your Spirit.  Gal 5:22 …love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Of course every complication broke out with individual people that prolonged the process. At this point I’m praying: “God you are in control and I’m not.” I probably repeated it 10 times. I tried to ask some security staff if I would still make it, but they weren’t promising at all. Rather, discouraging me. Where are the Christians when you need them to lift you up? Thank God I can depend on Him.



Finally I got through, I didn’t bother packing any of my stuff, and I just grabbed it all and took of like Speedy Gonzalez. I hear the call from my gate that there was only 4 min left to board, and what do you know, it’s on the other end of the hall. God is in control and I’m not! While I’m running my lounges are burning and I’m starting to loose my breath, which reminds me I need to get back to my gym exercise. I’m responsible to take care of God’s temple. You just never know when you oversleep, have to catch a flight, and security is mad slow. Hallelujah, I made it!!! With a chipped nail, loose pants (belt was in my hand), lounges burning, and close to dehydration. OK maybe I’m a little exaggerating. Breathe!

Now what have I learned from this crazy eventful morning? I learned that God is in control and I’m not! All of my steps are ordered, God knows everything. See God is in the business of working on my character. That won’t happen if everything is just going my way and smooth. It is in those situations, when you are under pressure you get the opportunity to apply the fruits of the spirit. How will you react? It’s easy to obey and apply the guidelines from the Word of God, when you are in good shape and everything is always fine. But what would have happened if I had missed my flight? It happened to me before, God is still in control. You never know what He could prevent me from. There could have been a car accident on the road 20 min earlier. Imagine I would have not prepped the night before and would have left everything to do in the morning. I would’ve definitely missed my flight. So I also learned planning is very helpful and good. Do understand we can plan all we want, and it’s important to plan, but we have to leave room for God to do what He needs to do. He directs my path; He knows where I’m going and where I need to be. God never misses a beat, He is perfect. So when you find yourself under pressure, know that in Christ everything is possible and that people are watching. I could have blown my witness for acting out of control. But thank God He kept me in check. I hope you were able to laugh out loud and at the same time were encouraged, by my lovely almost typical crazy eventful travel experience.

By Nicole Crews

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