Even When You Cannot See...

Isaiah 41:10

 

Fear not for I am with you;

be not dismayed, for I am your God;

I will strengthen you.

I will uphold you with my

righteous right hand.

 

He is always there.  No matter what I face, I need not be

dismayed.  He will give me strength.  He will hold me

up with His righteous right hand.

 

Adventures in traveling.... When I arrived at Charlotte, it showed

Andrew's flight is delayed and will arrive an hour later

than expected.  I don't panic.  I go the customer

service counter and ask.  She says the flight is indeed delayed and

that there is no way for him to make our flight to

Washington, DC. 

 

She starts giving me options. 

 

Yes, she can get Andrew on a flight to Baltimore. 

It will arrive at 9:30 and then he can rent

a car and drive to DC. 

 

No, she can't get me on that flight with

him.  There is only one available seat. 

 

No, there are no other flights to Washington, DC,

not tonight, not in the morning, that will get

him to DC in time for our international flight.

 

I am praying, "Lord, we need an answer."

 

I get Jason on the phone.  He comes up with a Plan B.

 

He says for me to take my flight to DC.  We

will leave a message for Andrew to call

Jason as soon as he lands with instructions

to take the flight to Baltimore.

They will rent a car in DC and have some of the men

from the team drive me to Baltimore.

We will be there to pick Andrew up when he arrives.

It is an hour drive from Dulles to Baltimore.

 

I call my husband for advice.  Plan B is good.

 

When I go back to the customer service agent to confirm that she

will have a seat for Andrew on the Baltimore flight, she tells

me what we could not see...

 

The radar has updated.

Andrew's flight is on time and he should be arriving in

about ten minutes at that gate right over there.

 

As I arrive at the gate, I get a text message from Andrew

that his plane has landed.

 

As I sit on the plane to DC, waiting to take off, with

Andrew sitting a few rows behind me, the Lord whispers

Isaiah 41:10.

 

He always has the answer, even when I cannot see.

He is always there.  I can always trust Him.

 

Oh, how I need His strength for these days ahead!

 

I know I can trust Him.

 

I know He will give me the strength that I need.

 

I know He will uphold me with His righteous right hand!

 

We are safe and sound, ready for a good night's sleep.  The rest of the

team that we have met so far are wonderful, fabulous.  We are

feeling very excited, blessed and ready to go and serve and see

what God has in store for all of us.

 

Thank you all for your support and for praying.  It means so much.

 

 

 

In Him,

 

Shelli