From an emergency plane ride.

I am on a plane right now from Dallas to Chicago.
I wasn’t supposed to be coming home from Dallas until Saturday, but it is Thursday.

My wife has been admitted to the hospital and is probably in surgery right now.

As I was rushing through the airport to catch my plane I was selected for additoinal screening at security. While there the guy scanning my bags found out why I was flying in a hurry and he encouraged me, as he saw my Bible and information from the church conference I am departing early:

“Just remember who you lean on. Remember that no matter what happens its in His hands. Remember who you lean on and read 1 Peter chapter 5 for some encouragement.”

I have read.
And read.
And reread this passage on the flight what an appropriate passage for today. And I am not just talking about v 7 “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you”

Verses like this are not meant to be taken out of context.

Rather it is the entire context a few additional lessons I pulled from the end of First Peter:

Humble yourselves – I feel completely humbled by my inability to do anything about the current situation as I sit 1,000 miles away on an airplane unable to communicate or even know exactly what is transpiring. How can I add this sense of humility to my life?

The enemy is always there – the Enemy prowls around, watching your every move waiting to pounce. A physical ailment like this can be the enemy pouncing (ask Job about that). It is not necessarily God’s doing or His will (His desires lived out) but it may just be the sinful evil world at work in my wife’s body.

God will restore – God will use conditions, trials, circumstances, experiences to make me stronger, firmer in faith, and steadfast. Situations in the past 5 months with my former employer have proven this to be true, and I rest on this promise that a day living in anxiety, worry, and ignorance will be a tool used in my life.

What will the exact out come be?  How will I have grown? Will I be more humble? Steadfast? Stronger? I don’t know.
Look at my life in a couple months, tell me what you see.