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Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith

Finding Meaning in the Small Moments: Taylor Tippett & Curtis Grimes

Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith

Jesus Calling

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It seems that much of our lives is driving toward something big. Whether it’s career, personal goals, seeking success or building a life for our loved ones, we’re often aiming high to be or do something big. However, we’ll miss some important...

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Being a flight attendant is really stretching, but you know, for the most part, I've really tried to just be kind to people in small ways so they don't even know that it's anything different than how they're supposed to be treated.

0:16.0

It's just really trying to kind of sneak up on them and not even realize that, you know, they're being loved in a different kind of way or really getting kindness almost sprinkled on them.

0:27.0

Welcome to the Jesus Calling Podcast. It seems that much of our lives are driving towards something big, whether it's career, personal goals, seeking success or building a life for our loved ones.

0:38.0

We're often aiming high to be or do something big. However, we'll miss the important moments if we don't look at the small ways God is showing up in our lives.

0:47.0

A simple word from a friend that brightens our day, an act of service from someone that makes our day go smoother, or even a thought from a complete stranger that reminds us we are seen and heard.

0:57.0

When we actively look for these moments, we realize that God is all around us at all times in the small details of our days, as well as the big moments, and recognizing His presence in all of our moments will draw us closer to Him.

1:09.0

Flight attended, Taylor Tippett started a project of leaving encouraging notes on the plane she worked on for passengers to find, as a small act of kindness that has netted big results.

1:23.0

Texas Country Music Artist Curtis Grimes sees the value of reaching people for God not only in the big stadiums and auditoriums, but in the small, honky talks, fairs, festivals and rodeos he plays regularly. We'll start with Taylor's story.

1:37.0

Hi, everybody. I am Taylor Tippett. I am a flight attendant. I'm based out of LA.

1:47.0

Growing up, I was all over the place. I feel like it took me a long time because of childhood trauma to figure out who I was and what I wanted.

1:59.0

So I kind of always wanted to be everything and do everything. And so being a flight attendant was always something I feel like that was in the back of my mind.

2:09.0

I feel like it's on that list of like me and teacher being an astronaut, you know, like being a flight attendant is just one of those sparkly things.

2:17.0

And then my Mimi actually was a flight attendant for a pan Am and I just remember I think I kind of held a story close and geared in my heart.

2:27.0

She always was talking about her, her glory days and being a flight attendant and just I was at a time in my life probably about 20.

2:36.0

I was really struggling trying to figure out who I wanted to be and what I wanted to do with my life and the thought of becoming a flight attendant just was like, wow, I think I could do this and I want to do this.

2:46.0

And so it kind of went from there.

2:50.0

So I was going through a pretty hard time. I was not the person that I wanted to be and I wasn't choosing good, healthy relationships.

3:02.0

So I wasn't ready for them. They weren't ready for them. And I was in a pretty not great relationship and I was not taking care of myself and the person was not taking care of me either.

3:14.0

And so I just kind of was sad all the time and it was right at the beginning of becoming a flight attendant.

3:20.0

So I had just moved to a new city. I had just started a new career. That was kind of just where I was at and something just really ignited inside of me.

3:31.0

Through journaling to if I'm not going to be kind of myself and love myself, how am I going to do that with other people.

3:43.0

And I wrote that down in my journal and I was sitting in the back of an airplane on a really early morning flight and my bag was open.

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