On February 21, my wife and I drove to the St. Louis airport to fly home after an eventful visit with our daughter at college. I handed our itinerary over to the ticket agent at the Delta counter. She looked puzzled and perplexed as she typed and tried to find our reservation. Soon she handed the itinerary back to me and said, “This reservation is for March 21st.”
Oh, my goodness. I couldn’t believe we had mistakenly booked our return trip a month off. This was not good!!! The agent courteously gave us an 800 number to call, had us step aside, and waved in the next customer.
I called customer service and asked if there was room on the flights we had hoped to be on. He said there wasn’t. We’d have to go the next day, and the connections were horrible. Planes were full.
I didn’t panic or get upset, although I was not enthused about staying over another day and taking so long to get home.
I stayed on the phone mentally stretching out to Spirit-space for more positive news than I had been hearing.
I knew it was wise to be patient, stay calm, and trust the one Mind to reveal a solution.
No solution was forthcoming except to book flights the next day. There was quiet on the line while the agent worked up a new itinerary.
In my conscious and subconscious prayers, I knew that God was taking care of us, and that even if we had to wait out a day life would go on, we’d stay spiritually productive, and no loss of goodness could occur.
I was still a bit dismayed about the day-delay, though, so didn’t give up seeking a way home that evening.
I asked the agent about the chance of boarding through stand-by lists. He said “Slim chance, and if so, only one of us had a chance. The other would have to stay over.”
Hmmmm…I continued to listen, and by listen, I mean to God, waiting for an angel message to appear that made a quick efficient trip home possible.
More silence on the line. Typing in the background. Prayer on my end.
Without warning, the agent gasped, “Whoa!! What happened? This never happens!! What’s up here?”…and he fussed and analyzed on his end. Soon he blurted to me, “I can’t believe it, but seats just appeared on your flights. I’m transferring you over to an issuing agent.”
Three minutes later, I had flights for both of us home on the very flights we had originally intended. Four empty seats popped up on the first leg. Exactly two seats, side by side, on the second. We were extremely grateful all the way home.
While sitting comfortably in our seats on the trip home, I queried as to how the healing had happened, and so perfectly, because I didn’t have much time to pray about it. It all happened so fast.
I decided that it was God’s law of predictable goodness at work in our life. This law was with us like an undercurrent in the ocean. You might not see it on the surface, but it’s there causing good things to happen, even when the scene in front looks hopeless.
I’m grateful for that law! God does cause good things to happen, and faith and understanding of God’s on-going goodness opens the door to experiencing more and more of it.
Also, I was grateful to see that mistakes can’t be held against us. We messed up. It was our fault, not the airline’s error, for the date snafu. But the mistake was correctable. And Mind found a way to do it without harm to anyone.
God is good.
“God’s law of predictable goodness.” What a starting point for the day. Thanks.
Mell
Evan,
Thank you so very much for listening and sharing this wonderful experience and for reminding us to “Expect good…”! The exact ideas that I need to work with today! Thank you again and again!
SAW:)
This strikes me as proof again that time and place are mortal measurements; and that God’s law of adjustment is spiritual and timeless. Thanks for sharing this.
What came to thought after reading this inspiring proof of the practicality of leaning on divine Principle, God, was the Bible event where Jesus healed the blind man. In the course of this healing the person “saw a man as two trees, walking.” There was, of course, only one man to see, but his thought saw two, until he fully awoke to his wholeness as God made him….and seeing!
We shall all SEE the perfect oneness of our God’s creation, and this will naturally include having all we need every second. Including quick airline connections!
Thanks for sharing, Evan!
Thanks Evan:
Several years ago while going to a class meeting, I had experienced several surprises when checking in for my flight from Philly to Seattle.
When checking in at the curb side service the agent said he could not find a booking for me on my flight. I had the printed E tickets paperwork and presented it to another agent at the counter.
No seats available? Three minutes later the agent said I have a seat for you on the next flight. God’s Law of predictable goodness took place and I had a seat in first class at no extra charge. I had began to have negative thoughts prior to the good information given me and they were lifted immediately. I smiled at her and said just “Thanks”
This brought tears to my eyes to see how powerful God is – to take care of every need in every way. I’ve had a few experiences that came close to that but nothing that great. Thanks for sharing – made my day. Vicki
I LOVE this one!
Especially the idea that mistakes can’t be held against us. What a huge sense of relief over life in general.
You could have stayed at our house…perhaps next time…with intention!!
love, k.
Thanks so much for starting this topic. But, Evan, I am tempted to say that this is what makes you special – to keep up the faith when facing problems. I can’t help lapsing back into frustration when this happens, and even more so when I have just prayed… but of course this is all about knowing Truth instead of “wishful target prayer”. Because then I am frustrated for two reasons – not getting what I thought was right AND assuming that CS is not working for me… But you will remind me that 1 plus 1 equals 2 despite what may be written on the blackboard. Please tell us how to get there, how to achieve this unfaltering conviction. Nicole
Thanks for the invite Kate!
To Nicole,
You are special too!
When facing a problem, it helps me to remember that the problem is an utter and complete lie. Healing the problem is never a matter of whether CS works. To think that way about CS is to misunderstand CS. CS is not about fixing material existence. CS is all about discovering spiritual reality. To discover spiritual reality, thought has to drop its material limited beliefs. This is where humility, listening, obedience to Truth comes in on the part of the person praying.
If a problem persists, it has nothing to do with whether CS is working. CS just describes the way God governs the universe. The purpose of prayer is to yield to God’s government of the universe.
A problem persists, because belief in the problem persists. Once the belief is dropped, the problem disappears. CS reveals the truth of being that enables us to lose faith in the problem, the lie, and accept spiritual reality. Of course, the faster we do this, the faster healing occurs.
As our faith in God, good, grows, our faith in evil and suffering diminishes. And this helps facilitate faster healing.
Hope that helps!
Hugs
Thank you, Evan. Your words are so inspiring and encouraging. I really appreciate your help.