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LIKE AN EAGLE Rev. Jack Mulholland, Flin Flon Alliance Church There are a number of references in the Bible where God is likened to that of an EAGLE, caring for us. The eagle is one of the largest and most powerful birds in the world. Some eagles weigh as much as 12 or 13 pounds and have a wingspan of about seven feet. The nests of eagles are called eyries (air eez). They are mainly built of sticks and are often lined with fresh green leaves while they are being used. Once a year, the female lays one or two eggs, and they are carefully tended, sometimes even by the male eagle until they are hatched in about 40 days. Both parents then guard the nest and take food to the young. At about 11 or 12 weeks, a curious thing happens. If the eaglets have not yet ventured forth on their own, the parent eagle "stirs" the nest, tipping the eaglets out. The young birds flap about in panic still novices at this flying business. The parent hovers about watchfully, waiting for the critical moment. With wings spread wide the eagle then swoops down underneath those babies and delivers them back to the security of the eyrie. Ours is a God of powerful gentleness whose timing like the eagle is also perfect. He is sensitive to our needs knowing when we have become too comfortable and in need of a little stirring. He too watches carefully and as with wings spread catches us up, bringing us to Himself. But He wants us to learn from our fluttering and often flapping in panic. The lesson He wants us to learn is to leave behind our panic and to learn to wait trustfully upon Him. When we do that, we will begin to know what it means to soar on eagle's wings.
