Photo and Commentary ©2025 by Ruth Lemus
Sunday, August 10, 2025
[Note from Pastor Maylan: Today’s Daily Photo Parable is by guest blogger Ruth Lemus, a woman who loves the Lord and keeps her eyes wide open to watch Him at work. Thanks, Ruth!]
My first travel adventure posted on this blog (Daily Photo Parable, “Emergency Row,” November 29, 2024) explained how God answered my request to sit by Jesus on my upcoming flight. Since then, it has been apparent to me that I neither travel alone nor leave the travel drama at home.
Just a couple of weeks ago, at the airport gate, shortly before lining up to board, my husband began searching for his global entry card. Carefully checking each of his pockets, and then his backpack, he kept asking, “Where is my card? What did I do with my card?”
This global entry card is a valuable document, because it streamlines airport security procedures. But it was nowhere to be found. In his desperation, he began to search the floor all around. That’s when his eyes noticed something shimmering beneath the seating area where we’d been just moments before.
He asked me to check to see if that could possibly be his missing card. Because our previous seats were linked back-to-back with another row of seats, not only did I have to get down on all fours, but I also had to do a low belly crawl in order to reach the shimmering object.
Sure enough, it was his global entry card! Praise God! A person nearby who’d witnessed the whole incident was as impressed as we were with the miraculous retrieval of such an important item.
After a short flight, I quickly made my way down the aisle to deplane while my husband, for some reason, lagged behind. When he caught up with me, he said, “This time, I left my passport behind! Fortunately, a woman mentioned it to me so I went back and picked it up.”
As we crossed the connecting bridge to the terminal, he took a moment to look at the passport and exclaimed, “It’s YOUR passport!” Praise God for the second miraculous rescue of a valuable document!
Soon after, it was time to board our connecting flight to Seattle. As we stood up from our seats in the waiting area, my husband asked if the paper on the ground under our seats was mine. I reached down and retrieved a 3×5 index card with my handwriting on it – a Bible verse I wanted to remember! Wow — a third rescue, praise God!
My mind searched for the connection between our identity verification travel documents and my Bible verse, all inadvertently dropped and rescued. What was the significance? I concluded that in God’s Word, not only do we find our true identity, but His Word is also critical for us on our heaven-bound travel. Praise, praise, praise!!!
The words from Isaiah 41:10, another of my handwritten Scripture cards, came to mind: “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”