RING OF PROTECTION
October 13. 2026
Dear Friends,
Steve and I flew to Omaha to be with our sister and brother in law for their 50th Wedding Anniversary and Renewal of Vows. What a wonderful celebration of a long and loving marriage.
Before the day begins in my morning meditation I always ask God for a Ring of Protection around everyone in our family, me and all around me. I ask for the Ring of Protection before I drive anywhere. I absolutely asked for the Ring of Protection around Steve and me on our trip to Omaha, there and back. I always know God is my help in every need and surrounds me in Divine Protection.
My friend Rev. Suzette Weyhunt said, “We weren’t made for lives without difficulty. We were made to awaken through difficulty. Every obstacle becomes an opportunity to remember who we really are. We are Spiritual beings remembering our true nature.”
Before the trip began I started to have some fear thoughts about not going. I wasn’t sure if it was a premonition or just travel anxiety. I almost cancelled at the last minute. Our Uber driver was 20 minutes late taking us to San Diego airport. As I was about to cancel, the Uber driver showed up.
The Southwest flight was fine and we got an Enterprise rental car. The Enterprise man put the GPS on the car to get us to the hotel 2 1/2 hours away.
I was so grateful for that because Steve and I still use KEYS to start the car! 🙂 and do not have a GPS in our cars. We don’t know the new technology. What was interesting is both going to the hotel and driving back to the airport the car’s GPS went down several times. We kept tapping the screen and finally it came back on. My phone kept fading out and I had to keep tapping it to bring up the GPS. It also got very warm. When I tapped too hard, it left the app and I had to restart it all over again.Needless to say the drive both ways was stressful and my anxiety was high. I had to remember GOD is my HELP in Every Need, guiding me, directing me, loving me through this stressful drive.
When we returned to the Omaha airport to come home I said THANK YOU GOD! We got our boarding passes and went to the gate.
When we finally sat in our seats, Steve discovered he DID NOT HAVE HIS CELL PHONE. It must have fallen out of his pocket. He told the flight attendant and she got help. She told us they found it and will bring it to him. Whew!!!  Short relief! Two Southwest Supervisors came on board and told us they could not let Steve have his phone back. Apparently the lithium battery was causing the phone to expand. They said the battery could explode and cause a fire . OMG!!!  We gladly gave up the phone. John, the Supervisor said he would try to get the battery out and just send the phone back to us.
Two days later he called. Apparently a HAZMAT Team got the battery out to destroy. The phone is now back with us to be repaired.
The RING OF PROTECTION was around Steve, me and everyone on that airplane. If Steve’s phone had not fallen out of his pocket and it was with him on the plane, this scenario may have had a different ending. Sometimes a series of events HAS to happen for our protection. I had to say YES to going on the trip, regardless of my fear, anxiety, intuition, and allow God to protect Steve, me and all of the people on the plane. If we did get back to San Diego, there is no telling when the cell phone would explode. GOD was truly looking out for us and 100’s of people by the slipping of Steve’s phone out of his pocket.
Was my anxiety a premonition? Probably. However I KNEW I needed to PRAY and GO by putting us in God’s Hands every step of the way!
“Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy rod and thy staff they comfort me….”
Thank you God for the RING of Protection Around All of Us, All the Time
And So It Is. Amen