“Just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy.”
Ephesians 5:25-26
When air travel resumed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, commutes got a lot more difficult. Gone were the days when I could show up at our small regional airport thirty minutes before my flight. In Fact, the airline I usually fly closed down all flights from Bellingham, meaning I now have to drive ninety miles to the Seattle airport.
To wait in lines.
To be asked to take off my shoes and walk in my socks through a metal detector.
To have a complete stranger open my suitcase, riffle through my underwear, and ask me what a particular medication is for (I’m not kidding). How I could possibly bring down or hijack an airplane with sinus medication (“Get back; I’ve got Tylenol, and I’m not afraid to use it!”) is beyond me, but there you have it.
I grew irritable at the constant harassment. I just wanted to get through the airport, catch my flight, and reach my destination.
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