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\u201cThis is your captain in the flight deck and we\u2019ve just reached our cruising altitude of 37,000 feet. We have some rough air up ahead so I\u2019m going to keep the fasten seat belt light on until we get through this little bit of turbulence.\u201d<\/em>
I check my seat belt and it\u2019s fastened \u2013 not pulled in too tight, though. I look left and right, eyeing my fellow passengers, looking to spot the white-knuckled rookie travelers as we approach the coming bumpy air. But everyone looks ahead, stone faced and nonchalant, as if they fly through the rough stuff all the time.<\/p>\n
I mimic that same look. \u201cNo Big Deal.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n The first bump hits. \u201cNot too bad.\u201d<\/em> \u201cOkay, now it\u2019s no fun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I start praying to God in a stream-of-consciousness-please-save-me-forgive-me-for-my-sins-take-care-of-my-family-don\u2019t-let-me-suffer-kind of style.<\/p>\n And then just like that, it stops. Smooth air.<\/p>\n Isn\u2019t life just like this? We know turbulence is in our future, just ahead of us somewhere on the path, and even when we see it coming, even when we know it\u2019s going to hit and we think we\u2019re sufficiently prepared, we find out it is still scary and unnerving. We lose our sense of control. We become powerless.<\/p>\n In today\u2019s chaotic times, we face turbulence like we\u2019ve never seen in our lifetimes and most of us recognize that this uncertainty will continue into the future. So, now, more than ever, we need to reach out for God\u2019s steady grip and limitless love for He will not forsake us.<\/p>\n He\u2019s got it under control.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is your captain in the flight deck and we\u2019ve just reached our cruising altitude of 37,000 feet. We have some rough air up ahead so I\u2019m going to keep the fasten seat belt light on until we get through this little bit of turbulence.\u201dI check my seat belt and it\u2019s fastened \u2013 not pulled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2375,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[909,915],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trust","category-turbulence"],"yoast_head":"\n
Then a second bump, a third, and then a fourth \u2013 they\u2019re coming together faster. The plane hits some kind of air pocket and dips a few hundred feet and I feel weightless. We\u2019re being tossed around like a cheap toy, shimmying and buckling with each hard bounce.<\/p>\n
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