Looks like Sharon Brown wants *her* Best Life Now!

What I’d really like to know is why the Future Farmers of America levied the fine. I thought the Federal Aviation Administration usually handled this type of thing. ; )

Guess that’s part of what happens when you move up the ladder of visibility… that target on your back just gets bigger and bigger but in some cases the target is a giant $ sign.  Reading this post caused me mental suffering… shouldn’t Todd be liable for that? Christmas is just around the corner ya know and my kids could sure use some new toys.  Just kidding.

No matter what Lakewood’s lawyer says, I’m more prone to take Brown’s side in this case since Osteen was fined by the FAA. 

Despite having 30,000 people at the church, most people in Houston think of Victoria as “that crazy (blonde) on the plane”.  She was fined for her actions last December and was kicked off the plane.  (I can’t believe that Continental airlines employees are willing to quickly throw people out of first class in the middle of the holiday rush without due provocation.)

If Victoria “did nothing wrong” then she wouldn’t have been kicked off of the plane.

I think the lawsuit is bogus… but really, why didn’t she just get a napkin and clean the spill herself??  I don’t want to criticise the woman because I’ve never met her - she may be a very sweet person.  But just because you can fly first-class does it mean you can’t lift a finger for yourself? Alternatively, if the flight attendant said she would get someone to do it - why not just patiently wait for that?  She knows she’s a well-known face in Houston, you’re just asking for trouble if you start being demanding.

If this were just about anyone but her we would have no story.  People are people, they mess up and sometimes they do not even fess up when it happens.  We shoudn’t judge her, maybe is was just not a best life now moment.  I think I am glad that there are not cameras on me all the time, cause I would be next weeks topic.

What a greater wittnes still if we recognized her humanity and didn’t judger her.

My wife is a flight attendant and I am a Worship Arts Pastor for a church in Denver. My wife has worked for the airlines for 18 years and has seen it all. A close friend and co-worker went down in one of the flights a couple of years ago.  My take on this is that Mrs. Osteen acted inappropriately and very obviously not “above reproach”. Trust me, they do not just arbitrarily kick people off of planes. They do it when they believe that it is in the best interest of safety for all concerned on that flight.  I think of Courtney Love in London....... Patience and humility goes a long way in this type of situation where there typically 100+ other passengers on that plane....she wasn’t the only one that needed attention I assure you. There is protocol that the flight attendants follow especially in this day and age where horrible things have happened on flights. The fact that she attempted or even seemed to attempt to get to the cockpit was enough to get her tossed off the plane for obvious reasons. Mrs. Osteen needs pull her head out of the “it’s all about me” space she is in and carefully consider how this looks to the rest of the non-believing world. She must know that as a Christian (a nationally known leader no less) and in her position of prominence and privilege (1st class is not cheap) that more is required of her. I don’t think that every situation demands a lawsuit to be sure.....but, you must understand from a flight attendants point of view, they have “been under attack” literally and figuratively over the past few years. This isn’t about the lawsuit and whether or not it is right, it’s a testimony to us as believers as to what we look and act like to a largely non- believing world. We aren’t looking good if we can’t even behave at Christmas time (isn’t that one of our “high” holidays?) on a vacation flight in front of our family and the rest of the world. It’s no wonder our churches are closing at exponential rates.

Ok...not judging Victoria here...let’s understand that right off the bat.  Just an observation of personality types here.  When the Osteens were on Larry King Live last week, it did not take a rocket scientist or even someone with 20/20 vision to see who the assertive party...the more agressive party...is in that relationship.  Joel, no disrespect intended, seemed to have such a hard time nailing down a 100% confident answer.  But, Victoria reminded me about an old joke about Primitive Baptist preachers.....not always right, but never in doubt. — Again, let me close by saying that I am not judging whether or not Victoria is guilty of this accusation.  But, for all the rest of us out here, if you’re gonna blow it and open up a can of insanity...then first class on a plane ain’t exactly the place to do it.

What do you all suppose they teach a flight attendant to do when an enraged person is storming toward the cockpit of a plane?  On second thought, what would you want the fight attendant to do?  It’s pretty obvious that her job is to stop that person at all cost.

First the media hits Joyce Meyer, then Kenneth Copeland and other ministers, now Victoria and Joel Osteen.  You won’t stop them.  You can’t stop God that has called these people, and the enemy is attacking them throught the media to deceive America and the world from following the only true God, and accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and saviour.  Isn’t it amazing that Crefflo Dollar and these ministers are the ones who teach an uncomprimised gospel and are reaching the world with the gospel?  You all have many many supporters and people praying all over the world.  Hold your heads up, and as you know, If God be for us, who can be against us, as stated in the one book that gives us wisdom, peace, patience, love and makes us a better person. The Holy Bible.  Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven and we are here to tell the world that God loves us all and even our enemies.  Evil will always fight good and use good people to be deceived and do the evil to others that they do.  The media will pay for the things they do, if not here, in the hereafter if they do not ask God to forgive them.  He will forgive and he is full of compassion.  A stewardesses place is to calm a passenger down even if she were upset, which I doubt.  Professionalism would have said, Oh, let me clean that seat for you, and maam you have a great flight.  No passenger gets upset on a flight without a reason.  Stewardesses used to be hand picked and generous and curteous, and I am sure most still are.  Just about everywhere you go now, you can’t get anyone to do their jobs or do anything right.  In resturants you can ask five times and they get busy and don’t come back and fill your tea.  Our world is sitting up all night on computers and playing bad games full of sex and neglecting children and going to work irritable on antidepressants and who knows what other kind of drugs.  I had employees do this and come to work the next day so irritable that they were rude to my customers and would not change no matter how nice I was.  I refused to let someone working for me treat my customers in such a manner.  This airline should know these people were nice enough to patronize their business, and reprimand the stewardesses for lieing, and conduct themselves in old fashioned professionalism and courtesy.  This world needs a lesson in JUST BEING NICE AND NOT LAZY AND SMILING AND DOING YOUR JOB CORRECTLY.  IT WILL MAKE A PERSON FEEL BETTER TO SMILE ON THEIR JOB.  YOU CANNOT STAY ANGRY IF YOU PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE AND GIVE SOME JOY TO OTHERS.  WE ALL MISS IT AND NONE OF US ARE PERFECT!  We should all strive to grow and be the best that we can be. Stop judging others and know that ministers aren’t perfect, stewardesses aren’t perfect and neither are we, and stop fighting and start encouraging each other.  There is so much anger in this world. Any judge that makes the Osteens pay in this needs to be in a mental ward.  This is rediculous!  This world needs to stop being all about money!  It’s all about how we can help people.  It will make a person feel better to be God minded and bible minded.  I pray for all concerned and that this will drop.  If so I wonder if the media would cover it.  What a sick movie star worshipping world we live in!  Thank God all of us aren’t impressed by false reports from the media, gold diggers and we don’t worship people who sin, and trust me a one world government won’t help the state America and the world is in.  Only people humbling themselves and repenting and seeking Gods face through the pages of the bible and beginning to think and do as he does.  This is our instruction manuel from the one who created us!  I can’t get enough of the encouragement from the Bible and how it makes me a better person.  Imperfect, yes I am but I can grow and it gives me hope in any situation, and it will also give us deliverance in the midst of impossible looking situations.  Victoria, your reputation isn’t ruined!  You are doing alot right to be attacked like this and you will pass the test.  Greater blessings are ahead.  Something good is about to happen!!!!!!!!

Flight attendant:  Get a life and find another way to make money.  Like stop being lazy and work for it.  Stop ganging up on your passengers, and throwing people off planes and delaying the flight over 2 hours.  Look how you have embarrased these people just wanting to go on vacation, get away and have some fun.  Not to mention what an embarrasement you have been to yourself and the airlines.  CRAZY PEOPLE!  GET A LIFE AND WORK FOR YOUR MONEY!  Like the rest of us.  Stop trying to find someone with money to sue and stop hurting others and yourself; You will be the one hurt in the long run.  Whatsoever a man sews that will he also reap!  Scary to treat others bad.  It will come back on your front door step honey!  It is a law of God.  We should treat others as we would like to be treated.  Then again maybe this stewardess wants to be sued herself by someone at a later date if she wins this lawsuit and does someone crooked. Caused hemmoraoids??????  Must be a mental case.  Sad isn’t it!

Don’t believe a word of what the stewardess or airline is saying.  It is sad that the airlines has so much business that they don’t need to hire people to treat their passengers right.  That they have so much business they don’t need repeat business. 
Businesses being nice to customers is fast becomming a thing of the past.  The problem is that many younger people want to party and are selfish and don’t want to work!  They have been handed too much on a silver platter without having to work for it, and they don’t want to work anyway because mom and dad will keep them up!  Why should they work?  How hard can wipeing a seat clean be?  Even if and I said if someone was rude, they would only be rude if they had to keep asking someone to do it.  I can’t tell you the times, I ask for something in businesses and they ignore me.  They will leave you as the customer standing there and not come back. Laziness is aggravating, and the lady wanted to sit down for the flight!!!!!  Just wipe the seat clean, and be nice!