I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post how hubby and I got Air tags to track our luggage during our recent trip overseas.
For tracking my suitcase, we selected the “Yay!” emoji. For tracking hubby’s suitcase, we selected the “Glasses-guy” emoji. And for the third suitcase (which held all our “extra” stuff) we chose the “Forest deer” emoji.
The Air tags came in a set of four. So, the fourth Air tag we put in hubby’s carry-on backpack. For this Air tag we selected the “Computer” emoji.
On the morning of our departure, we arrived at the airport bright and early before sunrise. We dropped our luggage off at the Baggage Drop. Then proceeded to our gate.
While waiting, bored at our gate, hubby decided to see how our bags were doing. He pulled up the Air tag app.
We were sitting at our gate in the D-terminal … as you can see the little “Computer” emoji near the bottom of the map. But, as you can also see, all of our other bags were over at the North terminal.
Oh no! They took our bags to the wrong terminal! They made a mistake! Our bags aren’t going to make it onto our plane in time! We’re going to be stuck overseas with no clothes!
Did you see how fast worry took over?!
Have I ever worried about my bags not making it onto the airplane?? No.
Why? Because I have always simply trusted that they would make it onto the airplane. Never before have I been able to track my luggage. Therefore, I have always simply trusted. And our luggage has always arrived at the other end just fine.
But now – now that we could track our bags – the temptation to worry was suddenly huge.
I found this fascinating. I couldn’t help but think: It’s a good thing God doesn’t let us know all the details about what he is doing in our life. It’s a good thing we don’t know what’s going on “behind-the-scenes” of our life … or we would spiral out of control into worry. Paralyzing worry. Worry which would distract and derail us from doing what God has called us to do.
God lets us know some things. But there’s’ a lot about life which God does not let us know. He wants us to trust.
We have questions. Theres’ a lot about life which does not make sense. We have lots of “Why’s??”
And God says: “Trust me. I’ve got it all under control. Just trust me.”
Hubby’s and my flight touched down in Charlotte after our first portion of the journey. As we taxied to the gate hubby pulled up the Air tag app to see how our bags were doing.
Well … it looks like my suitcase never made it onto the plane and was left behind in Seattle. Hubby’s suitcase is nowhere to be found. And the third suitcase – the “Forest deer” suitcase – fell out of the plane somewhere on the journey across the United States.
Yep … looks like the deer fell out of the plane over Montana. I guess if the deer had to fall out of the plane, Montana isn’t a bad place to fall out. (Haha!)
Much of what we worry about is unfounded. All of mine and hubby’s suitcases made it just fine to our final destination. We had no problems at all with lost luggage on our adventure.
I know to a point this analogy breaks down, because in some situations there are indeed some cases of lost luggage.
But when it comes to life itself, God never “loses any luggage.” From our perspective it might look like some pieces of our life are getting “lost along the way.” But God never “loses any luggage.” God is in total and complete control over every detail of our life.
God has a good plan and a purpose for our life. And He simply says: “Trust me. I’ve got it all under control. Just trust me.”
