I woke up the morning after my flight to West Palm Beach with great neck and ear pain. Ironically when I read my UPPER ROOM DEVOTIONAL, the prayer focus was “airline and airport personnel.”
So will you join me as we lift them before God today?
Father, we pray for the airlines, everyone connected with them. The ticket agents who deal with short-tempered people, late for their flights and taking their frustration out on the agents. Bless these ticket agents. I pray for baggage personnel who need to make sure that the correct baggage is transferred to the proper planes. Give them great strength and wisdom. I pray for ticket/ID checkers & x-ray machine operaters; give them keen eyes and alertness to see any device that will potentially harm the passengers and workers and to detect anyone traveling in subterfuge. I lift up flight attendants who serve to make our flights pleasant; some of them do it for the money, the adventure; for some it is a passion. Give them your grace to give that grace to others. For the pilots we pray rest before their flights; against any kind of substance abuse; we pray for disciplined lives; we pray for vigilance and sobriety, for mental acuity and success in every flight. For the air traffic controllers we pray that they would have great vision and alertness and seriousness for their jobs and a greater passion to see planes make safe landings. Thank you for the ground crew who make sure that the way is clear for planes to connect to the concourse; give them great success on their jobs as well, Father. And for technicians and mechanics, give them great expertise in their craft and thank you for their wisdom in judging the integrity of planes and halting them for departure . . . even though we as passengers complain and berate them. All we’re thinking about is getting home, and they are thinking about the safety of the plane and our safety.
Thank you for all those who make air travel as safe and as pleasant as possible. Thank you for the wisdom you have given man to travel this way. You are indeed an amazing God! Amen!
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