29,000ft above Sea level

Words will never be adequate to describe the awesome beauty I see in the skies each time I fly in an aircraft. Today, cruising at about 29000ft above the sea level i saw pure white, giant fluffy-like ‘cotton wool’ clouds in an endless array. The clouds seemed like huge folds of creamy soft balls of ice cream that a billion kids would never be able to consume.

Looking farther, I saw blue shades and streaks of white puffs rising further into the sky like castles, some enveloping each other in consistent and ordinary patterns, all spreading out as far as my eyes could see. Just pure, serene atmosphere where no life exists to witness all the grandeur.

Man may never have known this path but for the Wright brothers. No matter how many times I behold this breath taking sight, I lack words to describe it and to think that this is not even the peak of God’s creation is another food for thought.

Some clouds are suspended on absolutely nothing, thus defying gravity. Does this arrangement of the clouds remain exactly the same through the years or change with the seasons? Maybe those who study the clouds know (nephrologists).

On nearing our destination, the pilot announced that he has been advised from the control tower to delay landing due to a storm. He would carefully stay off the way of the storm as he descends, he continued; and then he asked us to look through the window and see the storm! I looked through the window but there was no storm, it was all blue, blue and tranquil blue! I knew for sure the pilot was not joking about the storm. Did he see the storm through the window or relied on information from the control tower and aircraft Gadgets? I wish I had asked as I was disembarking but I did not. Something came to my mind though…some people make things happen, some sense what is about to happen, some others watch things happen ( passively or actively ) and some are oblivious of any happenings around them.

Before I could clear my thoughts, I looked through the window again and saw dark furious clouds racing by the aircraft like they were in hot pursuit. I could feel the rage of the storm in the well buffered aircraft. We all felt the bumpy gallopy sway of the airbus like we were on a safari ride as the whirling storm hastily sped by. Flashes of lightening penetrated the sky in zig zag motions. I wondered if people at the ground level saw the lightening at the same time I saw it up in the clouds. How true when they say ‘like the speed of lightening’.

At this time it was hush hush in the aircraft. ‘The light in the cabin would be turned off at this point as is the custom when landing at night…’ came through the speakers and off the lights went. I wish I could see the faces of fellow passengers on board but the silence said it all.

We didn’t believe the pilot who saw the storm ahead and told us he would carefully land avoiding the storm; we feared the worst when the lights went off even though we were informed. How familiar? God, like the pilot sees and knows what lies in the way, He gently assures and reassures us of safe landing on eagles’ wings but we worry and fret about the what ‘’if’s’’ and what ‘if nots’ . None of us on board saw the pilot but we heard him speak re-assuredly, we knew he was taking the best decision in our interest there in the aircraft, we had no other option than to take him at his words. Exactly like real life situation. We know God, He speaks to us daily from on High, He works out all things together for the good of His children, we chose to believe Him or not.

In the ‘heights’ and ‘storms’ of life in 2016, even 29000ft above the sea level, God charts the pathway of mankind.

Happy New Year!