Leave the flying to us!
Don't worry--be happy!
Drift away into the peace of the sunset.....
Never mind that we landed you at the wrong airport,
After all...
There's only a 7 mile difference from the airport you booked...
We can bus you there!
That's right... we now know that Southwest Airlines landed a jet at the wrong airport in Missouri--just 7 miles away. Apparently, it now appears that the pilot switched off the automatic and was flying manually. The surprise was more than the wrong airport. It was an airport that was closed and with a runway one half of the size they were expecting. Talk about the brake factor! Passengers got the flight free and a free flight voucher for the mishap.
Most of us go through the day on automatic--through the motions of what we expect. The question is this: can we fly by manual? That is-- be authentic, live into the moment, be who we really are? Or do we respond to those around us by default settings that listen but do not really hear, that respond but without feeling, as if we go through life untouched. Guarantee you this much--nobody on that flight will forget the mishap! Of course, that's a risky way to live by putting away default settings and going to manual. But it is living!
What upset a lot of folks about Jesus was his way to go off the default settings of tradition--what everybody thought he would and should say. Not so. He came to teach a whole different way of Kingdom living--with a new vocabulary, skills and a heart of flesh.
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