We were up and ready to go….It was dark outside and surely, at 5:30a.m., we would find a parking place in the Airport Parking Garage. Dad, Sarah and I were excited to be headed to New York to see family and vacation. Our Flight left at 6:45a.m. so we had plenty of time to catch our flight.
We tirelessly searched the ground floor of the parking garage. The garage was packed and it was on the the second floor, too. Surely, there would be a parking place on the top floor. But once we got to the top, a dozen other cars were driving around looking for a place to park but to no avail, no parking places were even free. I was starting to panic…..We had already wasted 10 minutes…..and we still had to drive down out of the garage and find a place to park. Yikes, we were gonna be cutting it pretty close for sure.
We found a spot in one of the Airport’s Parking Lots. We quickly unloaded the car and headed towards the Airport Shuttle stop. The Shuttle driver quickly loaded our luggage, and I thought We’re doing ok. I was organizing my thoughts and getting my reservation papers out and ready. But still, I was a bit high-strung. “Ok, we gotta boogie when we get into the airport. We’re gonna have to quickly get checked in, and get our boarding passes, and…and….” I barely breathed as I quickly gave my instructions.
“Rachel, Calm down,” Dad said. “It’s gonna be ok. We’ll get there. No problem.”
“We’re gonna miss our flight!” I said worriedly as another passenger boarded.
“Hey, man you dropped something back there,” a passenger waved at the man that had just boarded the shuttle.
“Seriously,” I said under my breath and looked out the shuttle window behind to see the man’s backpack laying on the ground and his belongings sprawled out all over the ground. I wish this guy would hurry up. I thought. I got a plane to catch. Hurry up dude! But he seemed to be in no hurry as he took what seemed like forever to gather his belongings.
“We’re gonna miss our flight. We’re gonna miss our flight!” I muttered under my breath as I began to panic. We had to check-in and get through security! We just weren’t gonna make it…..
Finally, the man climbed up into the shuttle and we were on our way to the terminal. When the shuttle stopped, I could see the U.S. Airways terminal. It was 5:55a.m. at this point. Yikes. They closed boarding our plane in just 30 minutes. We would be running for sure!!!
But, as we guided our luggage toward the U.S. Airways terminal, there was no one in line!!! I looked over at American and there 20 people in line to check in… and the other terminals were the same way!!!
“I can check you in,” said the worker. “Got 4 minutes till I head to my gate.” And so, we were able to get checked in by 6 a.m. Ok, that was pretty cool but we still have to get through security and the line is getting longer!!!
We got to the TSA agent and handed him our licenses.” All right, y’all are ready to go. Your group has been chosen to go through pre-check. There’s no need to take your liquids out and you can leave your shoes on. We’ll suave one of your hands. And you’ll be done.”
We went to the pre-check and got through security the fastest I ever have in my entire life!!! We arrived at our gate, and they had just begun boarding our plane.
God is always in control, and sometimes, I doubt his goodness….and what exactly he is doing in my life. I should have just trusted God in the first place, but I was so consumed with the circumstances that I wasn’t trusting Him, but he was working the whole situation out. Praise the Lord for his Goodness and grace, even when I don’t deserve it!
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