Grounded because of fog....

Have you ever gone to the airport and found out that your flight had been
grounded because of fog? There is just nothing worse that getting packed,
getting everything that you need to take with you in order, and making it to
the airport on time, and in these troubled days early, just to find out that
you will be sitting in the airport because of fog. And then you look
outside and discover that there is no fog at all. What's going on anyway?
So you become a little indignant and you walk up to the counter and ask the
person from the airlines, as you point out the window, just where is the
fog? The person smiles, just as they have done to every other person that
has walked up to the counter with the same question, and informs you that
the problem is not at this end of your flight, but it is the airport where
you are going that is fogged in. Now you feel a little silly for your snap
judgment. You realize that you obviously can only deal with what you can
see out of the window.

Here is another one. In fact, it happened to me just the other day. I was
driving to a store. I know the way to that store. I go there often. I
came to an intersection that could take me to many stores I go to. But, all
the other stores that I go to require a right turn, and the one that I was
going to required a left turn. I made a right turn. It wasn't until I was
quite a ways up the road that I realized my mistake. Darn it! Boy just how
stupid can you get Patti? Ever have those conversations with yourself?
Anyway, I turned around as soon as possible and returned to the intersection
just to make another mistake and turned the wrong way again! This time I
realized it almost immediately and was really upset with myself. This time I
was not able to turn around quickly because I had run into a construction
mess. This is just crazy I thought. My mind is going. That was the only
answer. I was suddenly in a very dark mood. Now I started to tell myself,
out loud, how to drive. Pay attention dummy. Here comes your turn or would
you like to continue to drive around in a circle all day? Okay, here it
comes....make the turn now....good girl. Whew, at last I was on the right
road.

Now I am a Christian woman and have been for a very long time. And it still
amazes me that I can be so dense when it comes to the workings of God. I
forget that there is a spiritual realm that is very real. And both angels
and demons operate in that realm. In Psalm 34:7 it tells us that "The angel
of the Lord encamps all round those who fear Him, and delivers them." (NKJV)
All believers have angels appointed to them to keep and protect them from
harm. I am not saying that we won't trip when we walk, or have a car
accident, but it will not be as bad as the enemy intended. Now, that does
not mean that if God calls you to come home, the angels will prevent that.
What I am saying is that our lives are the target of Satan who tries to kill
and destroy us every chance he gets. The angels intercede on our behalf.
What I forgot about the workings of God, when I got back on the right road,
came into stark clarity for me. There was a major accident on the road that
I would have traveled earlier had I not turned the wrong way. Would that
have been me being lifted into the ambulance? I will never know. All I do
know is that I was off driving in circles and far from this accident site.

So the next time you are on your way somewhere and you forget something and
have to go home to get it, or turn in the wrong direction or are grounded
because of fog...it just may have been the angels who helped you to forget,
or take the wrong turn, or blew in the fog to save you from something that
may have caused you more than a little aggravation. Don't get mad. Just
smile to yourself and say, "Thank you Father"......Patti