To Make Her Holy

Monday Devotion

“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.