Thanks Carla for your updates. To Veronica and James, I pray that he comes home safely. Here is a little something to think about (there and back). God_bless...Things look different from the window seat of an airliner.
From the window seat, at 35,000 feet above the earth, you see the other
side of the clouds. Even though it is a cloudy day down below, you can
still see the sunrise and the sunset. You see entire towns. You can see
the natural and man-made boundary markers. You can see what is beyond
the bend in the river. From the window seat you can see where the road
leads and where the road has come from. You can see beyond the normal
horizon.
From the window seat, you can see what is beyond the dense forest. You
can't tell if the wind is blowing. Mountains look smaller from the
window seat. You can see the reason for the curve in the road. In the
darkness from the window seat the lights are easily seen.
With a view from the window seat, you can see some areas of the
landscape that are neatly arranged, and other areas that are ragged and
random and disorganized. You can see the areas that are alive with
water and vegetation, and the areas that are dry and barren. You can
see farmland and forests and cities and communities and neighborhoods.
From the window seat, trains and automobiles look like toys. People, if
you can see them at all, look like ants; and houses and buildings look
like pieces from a monopoly game.
The window seat gives you a different perspective on the world and on
life. Life looks calmer, more peaceful, and things look more organized
from above than it does when we are right in the middle of it all. In
some ways it appears to make more sense from the lofty vantage point.
From up there, when we are securely buckled into our seat and unable to
move about, decisions are fewer and not so complicated. When we observe
life from above, we seem to escape the frantic pace of life. We can sit
calmly, knowing that most of what goes on in the world at that moment
is totally out of our control and is not our responsibility. When we
sit in our window seat, totally dependent upon the pilot and co-pilot
to get us to our destination, we are reminded that God is the One who
will get us to our ultimate destination.
With the window seat view, we are able to pause and observe life from a
different perspective. It can help us to better understand why Paul
wrote:
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on
things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set
your minds on things above, not on earthly things (Colossians 3:1-2
NIV). God is with you James. I will pray for you guys! Regards. Your Adland Prayer Warrior.
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