I just finished reading an opinion article on thought catalog in regards to airports and a few of their inconveniences. Most of the article rattled through my brains as I remembered my own experiences at airports (particularly the 18 hours I spent in the Russian airport; back to the point) but one thing really planted itself in my mind. Like a seed that is being nourished and cared for, off springs of branches and leaves are stemming from a simple idea. What is this idea?
Think of the moment when you feel the surge of the turbines and engines; right when the plane is about to take off into the air at a couple of hundred kilometres an hour. At that particular moment, you and all of the other passengers and those in the plane are quite literally entrusting their lives over to the pilot/s for the entire duration of the trip. Now stop and think about that last sentence; ponder on it for a few moments. So many people, hour by hour, day by day, year by year are in exactly that position. More often than not, passengers are thinking about their destinations and what they plan to see or do when they get there. Usually, the only time that they think about the fact they are entrusting their lives to the pilot/s is the first time they fly... If they were even old enough to understand what was happening in the first place.
Now think about everytime you hop in a vehicle of any type with anyone; do you realise that everyone in that vehicle is entrusting their lives to the driver the moment they put on their belt buckles? I know that a buckle is a safety precaution, but in the moment you belt up, that is when you truly decide that yes, you are going to undertake that journey, whether it be a long or short one, trusting that the driver will get you to point b without damaging the vehicle or its contents. Again, thought we as humans travel daily, the thought rarely enters people's minds that they are, for the duration of the trip, putting their lives into the hands of some one else to control.
This brings me to my next thought: if we readily (and so often without thought) entrust our lives to others to genus through our journey and to bring us to point b safely, the why do we find it so danged hard to entrust our lives to God? We continually entrust our lives to people to get us from point a to point b, so why can't we trust the one whom created the world and everything in it, WHOM MADE US PERFEcTLY IMPERFECT? Yet even as I think about this, I see my own flaw in this area. I trust the people who get 'pilot' the vehicles that get me from my point As to my point Bs; yet somehow I subconsciously always question God when he's directing me through. Why don't I let him take the wheel and 'Enjoy the Journey'? Why is it so hard for us to trust that he has a perfect plan for us.
Now, I don't really know how to conclude this particular post, but I do know that I will never think the same way about getting into vehicles of whom someone else is in control of. Why? Because the question of 'Why don't I trust God in the same way, no matter how I try?' will continue to resound in my mind along with the sound of whatever engine/s is/are running, and whomever may or may not be alongside me.
Now, take a seat, buckle up and enjoy your journey!
Think of the moment when you feel the surge of the turbines and engines; right when the plane is about to take off into the air at a couple of hundred kilometres an hour. At that particular moment, you and all of the other passengers and those in the plane are quite literally entrusting their lives over to the pilot/s for the entire duration of the trip. Now stop and think about that last sentence; ponder on it for a few moments. So many people, hour by hour, day by day, year by year are in exactly that position. More often than not, passengers are thinking about their destinations and what they plan to see or do when they get there. Usually, the only time that they think about the fact they are entrusting their lives to the pilot/s is the first time they fly... If they were even old enough to understand what was happening in the first place.
Now think about everytime you hop in a vehicle of any type with anyone; do you realise that everyone in that vehicle is entrusting their lives to the driver the moment they put on their belt buckles? I know that a buckle is a safety precaution, but in the moment you belt up, that is when you truly decide that yes, you are going to undertake that journey, whether it be a long or short one, trusting that the driver will get you to point b without damaging the vehicle or its contents. Again, thought we as humans travel daily, the thought rarely enters people's minds that they are, for the duration of the trip, putting their lives into the hands of some one else to control.
This brings me to my next thought: if we readily (and so often without thought) entrust our lives to others to genus through our journey and to bring us to point b safely, the why do we find it so danged hard to entrust our lives to God? We continually entrust our lives to people to get us from point a to point b, so why can't we trust the one whom created the world and everything in it, WHOM MADE US PERFEcTLY IMPERFECT? Yet even as I think about this, I see my own flaw in this area. I trust the people who get 'pilot' the vehicles that get me from my point As to my point Bs; yet somehow I subconsciously always question God when he's directing me through. Why don't I let him take the wheel and 'Enjoy the Journey'? Why is it so hard for us to trust that he has a perfect plan for us.
Now, I don't really know how to conclude this particular post, but I do know that I will never think the same way about getting into vehicles of whom someone else is in control of. Why? Because the question of 'Why don't I trust God in the same way, no matter how I try?' will continue to resound in my mind along with the sound of whatever engine/s is/are running, and whomever may or may not be alongside me.
Now, take a seat, buckle up and enjoy your journey!
