mur-c-mi

Where the air is thinner (and the leg room sparse)

(this blog was written as I was looking down over Wyoming - before my battery died. I'm only now able to post it)
Whenever I travel via airports it seems like I sense the Lord better. I have had some pretty powerful experiences with Him at 30,000 feet. I suppose this could be that He has my attention in that there’s no cell phones, no driving, and no going to the next thing. But I wonder if there isn’t more too than that.

My friend’s brother is a flight attendant. He has some pretty interesting stories. One thing he’s talked about is the affects of alcohol on people at altitude. I’ve read stories what happens to climbers when they climb peaks like Everest, but it’d never occurred to me what impact altitude AND alcohol would have on brain chemistry. My friend’s brother talks about people becoming belligerent even nutty when he has to cut them off after three when they’re used to downing six. He says it often goes beyond drunkenness, almost more like these people’s ego really become altered.

I wonder if it might be the same in the spirit. I mean what if at 30,000 feet I’m a little less impacted by the gravity of the sin of the world. If all creation is groaning could it be up here where there is less matter that there is less matter affected by sin and therefore less sin. Is it possible that my spirit is more buoyant, more connected or more sensitive not because I’m “closer to heaven” but there is just less up there altogether. Could it be that our spirits are so encumbered by not only these earthly tents, but the fallen creation that groans for its creator. I wonder if the cry of the groan of the earth is softer up here. Paul talked about levels and hierarchies of spirit beings. I’ve also heard seers say that these principalities aren’t as tall as the planes fly. So what if it’s just that, the air has less sin corrupted matter, less presence of evil spiritual beings AND less oxygen. All of these things generally impact me everyday without me really being aware. What if I’m just plain old more able to breath in the spirit a little more freely at altitude. Maybe its all of these things, or maybe it’s a simple as the Lord likes to meet at airports. Whatever the case I hope that means there’s a lot more traveling in my future.

posted by kt @ 7/03/2005 11:03:00 AM