I’m not generally a believer in karma, but at times I wonder.

After blogging on patience yesterday, I got up at 5:30 am for a trip to South Carolina. I checked my travel app and seeing all things were on schedule, my wife and I headed to the airport. Only upon arriving at our gate did an ominous message post, as seen above.

A massive delay.

Not long enough to go home, we spent a fascinating day at the Denver International Airport (which is actually quite nice). We walked all three terminals, getting 10,000+ steps in, and ate a nice lunch paid for (mostly) by airline vouchers. I finished a book. Now I write as we’re awaiting our inbound aircraft.

Yesterday I found this verse fascinating: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day (2 Peter 3:8)—which gives rise to my speculations on karma.

This verse, while not written in light of flight delays, feels appropriate today: But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently (Romans 8:25).

And so I wait semi-patiently, and the life learning continues.

Week forty-two of reading the Bible cover to cover