It is 3:30 in the afternoon on a brilliantly sunny-but-cold SE Minnesota day. I am standing in the window looking into an eggshell blue sky that was to reach a high in the low forties, after a cold start at 27-degrees.
As look high in the sky and off in the distance, I am treated to what I like to think of as the upward ascent of life. Our Condo is located in far south Saint Paul and it gives me constant coming and going of the huge aircraft that fly in and out of Twin Cities Metro Airport. It is the a base for theFlying Goose and a major center for air traffic going both east and west across the northern United States.
As I am watching,I see one of the big birds leaving for parts unknown, nose upward at what appears about forty-five degrees. As I watch, there is what appears to me to be a normal levelling of the craft, and every so often I see what appears to me as a course adjustment by the crew, as they keep the nose of their craft readjusting ever upward to the level at which they intend to fly.
I see this phenomenon as a normal, but continual, pull upward on the controls so the craft reaches its preplanned flight pattern as quickly as possible and they are on their way toward their planned destination. I see this as a metaphor for our plan for living.
We need to know where we are going. We need to be able to trust ourselves to the Pilot of our craft. We need to board our craft with full confidence, get ourselves seated and our baggage stored properly, and then we need to sit back and enjoy the flight, with its preplanned accommodations as provided by the host or hostess.
Watching the great craft, I remember flights I have taken and I can feel the pull of that upward ascent that sometimes pushes one back against the seat. Finally, comes the levelling out and we push forward at flying speed, toward our destination.
Watching the big bird, I pray Lord, help me in my life's journey, to stay always on the upward ascent. Never allow me to level off and be satisfied with less than my highest and best of intentions for serving you. Keep me always on the upward ascent of service to others. May you always have my unlimited devotion and may my love for you always find loving expressions of service to others. And, at the end of our flight, may I hear your welcome words, well done, my son, enter into the company of the Family of God and our Eternal Father God.
From Warner's World, I am walkingwithwarner.blogspot.com wishing you a pleasant flight.
