AA Fiasco Today

Mrs Oz ‏@Mrs_Oz 5h5 hours ago Oy @AmericanAir I must send DD home w/ puke bags cuz changing flt $$$ & they won't work with her. Thx for nothing. 1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes

American Airlines ‏@AmericanAir 5h5 hours ago @Mrs_Oz Your friend can reuse the value of the ticket up to one year from the date of purchase. Change cost and fare difference may apply. 1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes

Mrs Oz ‏@Mrs_Oz 5h5 hours ago @AmericanAir it is my daughter and we just don't have an additional $568 lying around this time of year. So puke bags it is. Ideas?

American Airlines Verified account ‏@AmericanAir @Mrs_Oz We're sorry to hear she's not feeling well. With a DR's note, our team may be able to help. 800-433-7300 10:08 AM - 29 Nov 2016

We tried calling in to that number and after 30+ minutes on hold they would waive the $200 rebooking fee, but the ticket change would be $368. Cheaper to buy a new ticket, that makes no sense at all. We told her we would go with the original and hope for less puking. Her old doctor here saw her called in some anti-nausea meds at the last min, and she, armed with a barf bag headed to the airport. Oh the lady on the phone told us she could have all the barf bags she needed or wanted. Bless her heart. :/ not impressed. We arrive at the airport and get to the kiosk. Pull up her Travel number.... $368 charge!!! WTH I am not even kidding. At this point all we could do is laugh. Waited in line at the ticket agent pool, and got Mr. Price. You need to keep him btw. He is the only sane AA person we talked to today. We told him the entire story and he made one call and had it all straightened out. Seems that the lady that I was on perpetual hold with never changed it all back to the original.... after changing it when we didn’t ask her to. Our motto now is #FlyTheFriendlySkiesOfUnited ‘nuff said.

Holy Saturday - What Happened?

What exactly did Jesus do after he was buried and before he burst out of the grave on Easter Sunday?

He descended into the pit of Hell. He took back the keys of Death and Hell. He freed the people in Sheol (Hell) that had been awaiting the Messiah to come. I love the way the Douay-Rheims translation states it:

 Revelation 1:18 

 And alive, and was dead, and behold I am living for ever and ever, and have the keys of death and of hell.
 

1 Peter 3:18-20a says: 

“That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God. He went and proclaimed God’s salvation to earlier generations who ended up in the prison of judgment because they wouldn’t listen...”

There is a very interesting word sandwiched in there: proclaimed. The Greek word for "proclamation" which is kerusso, which means to herald or publish officially. It is different from the Greek word to evangelize, euaggelizo. By going to hell before his resurrection, Jesus' not only defeated death but rescued believers from the power of the devil.

... And, this is all after his Heavenly Father had forsaken [to renounce or turn away from entirely] him. Pause and think about that for a minute. Jesus loved YOU so much that he took all of the sins that ever were and would be done, upon himself, all along knowing that his Heavenly Father would not be able to even look on him or help him. 'Why,' you ask? Sin separates us from God. 

Seeing that Jesus took all of the sins ONCE and FOR ALL, we are now promised that God will never leave us or forsake us - EVER! 

Hebrews 13:5-6

"Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never forsake you or abandon you." Thus we may say with confidence: "The Lord is my helper, [and] I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?"

Yes, Jesus loved us THAT much. He took upon himself all of our sins, and everyone's sins, past and present and future, and became a sacrifice for all of us now, in generations past and generations in the future. That is so much to wrap my mind around. AND on top of that, listen to this one. In Hebrews it is written about our new covenant with God. In chapter 8 and verse 12 it says, "For I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sins no more." WOW. Not only are we forgiven, He declares that He will not remember them!

Now Jesus has the keys of hell and death and it is time to free these captives that were waiting on him in Sheol, and take them to Heaven with him. Can you imagine the party that day in Heaven? The sounding of the trumpets? The dancing? The singing? And the Cherubim and Seraphim crying out to each other and all of Heaven, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory." My eyes always leak whenever I even think of that day and the immense joy of all of these people being ushered before the throne of the Most High God!

And then...  the third day is dawning.....