Faith at 32,000 feet: why I’m learning to change my perspective

From last minute packing to flower stems, Gemma Hunt explains how she’s letting God shape the view

Writing this from 32,000 feet above earth has inspired me to think about how I’ve been looking at things from a different perspective. My husband, daughter and I are jetting off for a sunny holiday with friends and have already learned how families do things differently. 

Our friends packed their cases over a week ago. I zipped mine up just 20 minutes before we left after a quick rejig of my overweight case. I am inspired by them to be so organised in advance that they were able to sit and watch TV last night with snacks, while I frantically searched for goggles, checked the best before date on suncream and emptied the bins to avoid coming home to an ‘interesting smell’. 

Some of the things I’ve had to clear out are the…