How I wish for the exit row!

I stare through a rectangle window down upon America, which seems to be mostly covered in snow. I am sitting in the middle row with my powdered creamer coffee surrounded by two drooling sleepers.   The sun is quickly setting and for many, it will be a cold American winter night.

Flying gives me time. It is a time with not many distractions. I sat here thinking about perspective. To many on the ground I am yet a bird in the sky… when look down I see a big crossword puzzle with blobs of water. But then I imagine in my head a zoom button.  I narrow in on a city then a neighborhood. Then one block. Then one house. And there I am. It almost feel like I am with scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas present. I see people enjoying this season. Loving each other. 

And I am reminded of Emmanuel. God with us. 

I quickly zoom back from the house. I see the block and then the neighborhood and now back up in my little seat where my legs usually press against the magazines in front of me. And right now in this present, Emmanuel is with me. 

I was walking through Chicago airport. I had this smile on my face. Just watching people and seeing the diversity, hustle and bustle, laughter, people darting by me like the airport scene in “Home Alone.” I saw God. I felt Him. He was right with me. But not just me. He was everywhere. 

Just like the wind. You see the effects and motion. You feel it.

I will soon land and find myself looking up to the clouds and my perspective changes yet Emmanuel doesn’t. Where I am, there He is. How cool is our God that He wanted to be with us so bad, he limited himself in human form. The most anticipated birth ever. And since that birth He has never left. I thank God for His Spirit.