The Return

Psalm 52 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steafast love of God forever and ever. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for Your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly.

Well, I am home safe and sound.

I left Jerusalem on Saturday night with Donna Jo and Mary for Ben Gurion at 6:30 pm. My friend, Daoud, the prophet from the Mount of Olives, had assured me that the Lord Jesus said, No one would question me in security. And that was true. It was a breeze, especially considering the fact that last year I was held for hours, thought I would be arrested and escorted by armed security to the gate :)

I guess I should have asked Daoud if the Lord Jesus had anything else to say.

I missed the 11:05 pm flight direct to Atlanta after 5 hours of waiting. Rushed to the ticket counter and back to wait in line for the 12:00 midnight flight to JFK and thank goodness made that flight.

And that leg of the trip was wonderful. I sat in first class next to one of the most interesting ladies that I have ever met. Leah is a Jew who left Poland in the 1930's just prior to the war for Paris where she became a famous salon owner before coming to Tel Aviv to live for a few years. After leaving Tel Aviv she moved to New York and has lived in Manhattan for many years now. She was in Israel to celebrate her 90th birthday and attend a wedding where she sat a table with many famous people including Shimon Perez! Leah was a lovely traveling companion and we talked for hours about her life, her loves and her book. She was up at 4 a.m. and putting on her make up and earrings. She tells me that she has been a city girl for 90 years and that city girls put on their lipstick before they turn on the lights in the morning :)

That was where the easy ended. I arrived in New York at 5 am and walked about 2 miles only to find myself in the wrong terminal. The terminal I need was at the other end, through an outside walkway in the freezing rain. Finally made it to my terminal to catch an 8:15 am flight which I missed. So, I got in line behind 100 other people at the Delta counter to rebook and thank goodness I had the forethought to try for an airport anywhere in the south because all the eastern flights were being cancelled and those people were flown to Delta's hub which is in Atlanta. So I booked a flight to Raleigh-Durham North Carolina and got on the last available seat before everything started cancelling. We were delayed for one hour after being seated on the plane and then asked to deboard back into the gate. After about an hour we were put back on the plane and that time made it as far as the runway when we had an hour and fifteen minute delay. Finally three hours past flight time we taxied and took off into one of the scarriest flights of my life. Freezing fog, 35 mph cross winds and darkness. I have never been so glad to land in Atlanta.

Oh did I mention they lost my luggage? hahahah

But miraculously when I got to Atlanta, so did my luggage.

And then this morning....I fell. On the tile. And all my joints are hurting and bruised. I fell hard.

So, what can I say?

Psalm 50 Offer to God a sacrifice of Thanksgiving and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will delver you, and you shall glorify Me.

I had the most wonderful trip of my life. I did everything I had ever hoped to do at Shevet Achim. I received blessing upon blessing upon blessing.

So, Satan....bring it! You have nothing against the power of my God. And nothing can take away my happiness today.

Father, You are wonderful beyond all measure. As I sit at my desk, pack for my Christmas trip to the mountains with my family, and prepare to head out on another travel nurse assignment I just want to thank You for all the good things in my life. You are my good and I adore You.