Are You Willing To Let Go Of Offense To Let God Take Care Of You? I Did & I Am So Glad That I Did, I Arrived Home Safely From A Recent Trip.

On the last day of my trip there was an incident that occurred in which I could have chose to keep offense in my life. As much as I would have liked to have held onto it as an excuse to be able to gripe I knew better than that to hang onto garbage like that. Thank God I heard the voice of Holy Spirit and followed His lead to let go of it.
This is what happened as the day progressed. I had a split second to acknowledge the person that did wrong to me a few hours earlier and wish them well or I could have hung onto offense. I would like to believe that my successful outcome could have been different if I would not have let go of offense. I know that hanging onto offense and not having forgiveness towards one that wronged you opens up the door for the enemy to come into your life and create havoc.
As I walked past this person I wished them well on a project they will be working on and they wished me well also. Good thing I did that because we were on the plane waiting to take off and they announced that they had to do some quick maintenance work on the plane and it would only take 5-10 minutes. Then a bit later they announced that the work was done but the pilots stepped off the plane and they were waiting on them. The woman sitting in the seat by the window shared with me that she saw the pilots looking at the wing of the plane. The pilots then get back on the plane and the maintenance person came on board and spoke with the pilots and the next thing we are now ready to take off. Just before we pulled out onto the runway I noticed they were testing the wing of the plane, some little flapper parts of the wing.
What if I would have kept offense in my life and did not release it, could the scenario have gone like this..same problem that needed to be looked at on the plane but the pilots could have thought it was a minor inconvenience and may have overlooked it. Thank God they followed through to correct the problem and it was dealt with right then and there. Do you see where I am going with this? Maybe, just maybe, I could have indirectly altered the safe outcome by allowing offense to go on the plane with me. Maybe a pilot could have become distracted and overlooked the wing concern and who knows what could have happened while we were in the air flying. It sort of reminds me of the story of Jonah. He was out of obedience with God's direction of where and what he was suppose to do and remember the storm and how they threw him overboard? Be cautious in your life for your disobedience just may spill over onto others that may be innocent. Why put yourself in harms way just for the satisfaction of a moment of feeling sorry for yourself. It is not worth it when you look at the big scope of things. Even though we were detained for almost a half hour we made up time in the air and we were only approximately 15 minutes late. I had the opportunity to thank one of the pilots as I was getting off the plane. I thanked them for taking our safety into consideration and checking/taking care of the problem, to allow us to arrive safely.
Trust in the Lord and follow His correction if it is needed in your life. Why hang onto something that is yucky when He has beauty for you. Trade in your anger for peace; your sorrow for joy; your suffering for restoration.