Orchestrating Our Lives

So here I am in the airport with my wife, waiting to fly back to the USA. Usually we reserve two window seats, one behind the other. This trip however, we were seperated due to unforeseen circumstances. My wife was assigned a window seat on one side of the plane and I, an aisle seat on the other side of the plane.

As we were ready to board, the woman standing in front of me called out to her friend, “I wish I didn’t have to sit by the window. I always have an aisle seat”. I was taken aback by her sudden announcement and quickly turned to her and said, “I would be happy to change seats with you. You have the seat I want and I have the seat you want”. After we both agreed to make the switch and exchanged seat numbers, we were in for another surprise. Our original assigned seats were next to each other. Her window seat was 46L and my aisle seat was 46F.  We were separated by only two seats.

Now what are the chances of something like this happening?  Two people out of four hundred boarding a plane, exactly the same time, each one needing the others seat, which happened to be in the same row. I could have been a minute behind her or a minute in front of her and would never have heard her announcement. The timing was perfect. Hashem sent exactly what we both wanted, exactly when we needed it. What a humbling experience, to actually feel and witness Hashem’s intervention. He knew what we needed and took care of it all, for us. Literally putting our desired seats at our disposal, in the knick of time.

Only one thing I could do after that. Thank Hashem for holding my hand and for letting me know in real time, that He was holding my hand, looking out for my benefit. Thank you, thank you, thank you, is all I could think of. Appreciating that Hashem let me know, that I am not alone in this world and that He is beside me all the time, looking out for my best interest.