Friday, December 17:
My flight from Chengdu to Beijing went off easily, without a hitch.
I lugged my bags to the check-in lines in BJ, only to find that my original flight to D.C. had been canceled, and I had missed the last flight to America. No chance of getting out of BJ until tomorrow.
United kindly put me up at the Crowne Plaza for the night. I made the most of it by ordering a huge pizza and relaxing into the pillow-topped and feathered bed.
Saturday, December 18:
At 10:30 I got on a plane bound for San Francisco. After about an hour on the plane, the flight attendant announced that the visual media program was not working, and gave apologies that there would be no movies for the 12 hour flight. Greeaatt.
Praise the Lord, though, because I made a new friend, with whom I spent most of the flight talking and doing crossword puzzles. It turned out to be the most enjoyable and fastest international flight I've ever been on!
When we arrived in San Fran, I waited for my luggage...which never came. The United person at the baggage claim waived us through customs and instructed us in how to fill out a claim at our final destination. Though I was a little nervous I'd never see my stuff again, I do have to admit it was quite convenient because I didn't have to haul my luggage around through customs, in Chicago when I switched airlines, or even out to the car--they delivered it straight to my house the next day!
Lessons learned--
1. Buying your tickets 5 months in advance does not guarantee problem-free.
2. Snaffoos are much easier to handle when you keep a good attitude.
3. Snaffoos sometimes have silver linings.
4. There are no accidents.
If you read this whole post and thought this was long, you should have seen my original draft!
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Eternal Expectations
My heart aches tonight, with many questions unanswered. Lord Jesus, how I cannot wait for your kingdom to reign, and for redemption to be complete.
Some food for our souls:
"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.'" Matthew 22:37-40
"In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am...I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:2-4, 18
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us...we ourselves...groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies....We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will." Romans 8:18, 23, 26-27
"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be doevoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer...Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse." Romans 12: 9-12, 14
This world is not perfect, but the Body of Christ should be the closest thing possible to perfection on earth. It's made up of the Redeemed. SIN HAS LOST IT'S POWER, so why do we keep allowing it to have power? Sin is always a choice, and sin always has consequences.
Am I doing my part in the Body? Am I doing enough? Or am I part of the problem?
Some food for our souls:
"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.'" Matthew 22:37-40
"In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am...I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:2-4, 18
"I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us...we ourselves...groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies....We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will." Romans 8:18, 23, 26-27
"Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be doevoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer...Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse." Romans 12: 9-12, 14
This world is not perfect, but the Body of Christ should be the closest thing possible to perfection on earth. It's made up of the Redeemed. SIN HAS LOST IT'S POWER, so why do we keep allowing it to have power? Sin is always a choice, and sin always has consequences.
Am I doing my part in the Body? Am I doing enough? Or am I part of the problem?
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