ADJUST YOUR WINGS
I wrote a blog a few weeks ago, about someone stealing the wind from beneath my wings...and even losing my wings, permanently.
But I know now that is not possible, not really.
So to all of my friends that took the time to comment and encourage me, I want you to know that I have since found the wind beneath my wings. I did not lose them either.
I merely needed to adjust my wings.
I had a flying lesson years ago. Not a flying lesson like my son had on his last birthday, which I was blessed to be able to fly with him...but a real flying lesson with real wings!
I had always wished that I could fliy. Not in an airplane, but really fly, like a bird. Little did I know that the innocent prayer of a very small child, would one day be answered in such a dramatic way.
I was in a time of great despair. I was searching for answers, and fearlessly searching my own heart and soul for blocks and failings. I didn't want any interferance from my "self". I wanted to make sure that I could hear the answers that would inevitably come from the Lord, because He is always faithful.
I won't describe the whole experience because it truly was an epiphany for me, unique to me, designed just for me. Everyone is different, and this experience spoke directly to my heart.
The important thing is that as when I was learning to fly like an eagle, I was shocked to learn that they are first pushed out of the nest. Yes. They are literally dropped.
A baby eagle that has never flown falls just as fast as anything else when it is dropped. It would be terrifying, but at the same time, exhilerating because it must know that the mother expects them to fly. Somehow, she is able to convey her expectancy and her hope to her little eagles.
Thankfully, if the baby eagle cannot receive or respond to the flying lesson yet, the mother eagle swoops underneath them as they plummet, catches them on her back and delivers them safely back into the nest.
I had been dropped before, and I have been dropped since. My Lord has always rescued me and delivered me safely back to my place with Him. I could always count on that.
What made it worse for me this time, is that I hadn't searched my own heart as often or as deeply as I should have. I also thought that I already knew how to fly. I had said it many times before: Adjust your wings Truth.
As you probably know, I was dropped again just recently. I was shocked. Like I said, I thought I already knew how to fly. After all, the flying lesson was years ago. But this time, I wasn't rescued and carried back into my little nest. In fact, the nest was gone.
Until one windy day, I was outside praying for direction, and I remembered that flying lesson from so very long ago. I held my arms out like wings...I FOUND THEM! I smiled and laughed like a child!
I felt the wind beneath "my wings"! I moved them up and down, gently gliding on His promises again! It was sweet. The sun shone warmly on my face, the breeze was alternately warm then cool. It was a perfect day for flying! I ran around the yard, forgetting my age, my injury, my sadness...no, that day I remembered that Today was a New Day. No more time for being a baby eagle that waits to be fed.
It was time to soar.
The most critical thing He told me during my flying lessons so long ago, was to keep my movements small...precise. When I got tired from soaring down, down, down and then working to rise again...I heard His voice, saying:
"Adjust you wings.
Stop "flapping" so hard ; )
You know the same air currents that carry you down, will also carry you up.
Adjust your wings."
That truth was like music to my listening ears. I knew He was right. I could feel it. So I adjusted my wings, just a bit. I measured the effect. I tweaked my flight. I worked less, worked smarter. I listened to the Master. I mastered my flight.
It seemed to be the best feeling I had ever had, to find myself actually "wind dancing" as I had always longed to do...just like an eagle, I flew fearlessly into the sun, higher and higher I flew.
Eagles are the only animals that can do that you know...look directly into the sun. At least, they are the only ones I know of that the Creator made with that specific ability.
So friends, it is not always bad to be dropped from a great height. It can be scary, and you usually get a few times to practice falling before you actually fly.
Know this: One of these times, when you are dropped or pushed out of your safe little nest, it will be your time to fly.
Remember this little eagles: Small movements can cause big changes. After you are flying, learn more. Get better. Learn the right way to adjust your wings in every condition, and master your flight.
Your forever friend,
Truthsayer
copyright June 18, 2008, Truthsayer Media
