ESCAPING THE CAGE OF STRESS (1 OF 5)
Escaping the Cage of Stress (1 of 5)
Series: Escaping the Cage
Jordan Easley
Psalm 4
If you travel by airplanes, even occasionally, there's a good chance you've been stuck in an airport terminal at least once in your life. And if you've experience that, you can attest that when you're stuck in an airport, it really is a stressful and helpless place to be in.
A couple weeks ago, my family enjoyed some time away, and had an incredible, relaxing beach vacation. But on our way back home, we were scheduled to have a brief layover before making our way back to Tennessee.
Our final flight was scheduled to leave at 9pm, but once we arrived, they told us the First Officer didn't show up, so they had to find another one-meaning, we were now scheduled to leave at 2am. (5 hour delay)
We sat around the airport and we waited some more... until finally, they came back on the loudspeaker and announced, ''Our new First Officer is on the way, but now, the Pilot is claiming to be fatigued, so now, we're looking for a new pilot and a new crew.''
So, our flight that was scheduled to leave at 9pm is now scheduled to leave at 8am the next day-my family was literally STUCK in this airport, sleeping on the floor, and unable to leave.
Have you ever been stuck in an airport before? With 2 teenagers?
Airports these days have become these small microcosms of society; they have just about everything a normal city would have... places to eat, places to shop, places to meet people.
You would assume that an airport would be a pretty good place to be imprisoned... but when our flights are delayed an hour, even with all of these conveniences, we see it as a huge inconvenience. Imagine if you were for trapped there for an entire day, or a week, or months or even a year.
I think this is a good picture of what it is to be locked in a cage, unable to experience true freedom.
We deal with cages like this all the time. Not necessarily in a physical sense, but a spiritu ...
Series: Escaping the Cage
Jordan Easley
Psalm 4
If you travel by airplanes, even occasionally, there's a good chance you've been stuck in an airport terminal at least once in your life. And if you've experience that, you can attest that when you're stuck in an airport, it really is a stressful and helpless place to be in.
A couple weeks ago, my family enjoyed some time away, and had an incredible, relaxing beach vacation. But on our way back home, we were scheduled to have a brief layover before making our way back to Tennessee.
Our final flight was scheduled to leave at 9pm, but once we arrived, they told us the First Officer didn't show up, so they had to find another one-meaning, we were now scheduled to leave at 2am. (5 hour delay)
We sat around the airport and we waited some more... until finally, they came back on the loudspeaker and announced, ''Our new First Officer is on the way, but now, the Pilot is claiming to be fatigued, so now, we're looking for a new pilot and a new crew.''
So, our flight that was scheduled to leave at 9pm is now scheduled to leave at 8am the next day-my family was literally STUCK in this airport, sleeping on the floor, and unable to leave.
Have you ever been stuck in an airport before? With 2 teenagers?
Airports these days have become these small microcosms of society; they have just about everything a normal city would have... places to eat, places to shop, places to meet people.
You would assume that an airport would be a pretty good place to be imprisoned... but when our flights are delayed an hour, even with all of these conveniences, we see it as a huge inconvenience. Imagine if you were for trapped there for an entire day, or a week, or months or even a year.
I think this is a good picture of what it is to be locked in a cage, unable to experience true freedom.
We deal with cages like this all the time. Not necessarily in a physical sense, but a spiritu ...
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