They will soar on wings like eagles. Isaiah 40:31
There is a fable about the way birds got their wings. The
story goes that initially they were made without them.
Then God made the wings, set them down before the
wingless birds, and said to them, "Take up these burdens
and carry them."
The birds had sweet voices for singing, and lovely
feathers, that glistened in the sunshine, but they could
not soar. When asked to pick up the burdens that lay
at their feet, they hesitated at first. Yet soon they obeyed,
picked up the wings with their beaks, and set them on
their shoulders to carry them.
For a short time the load seemed heavy and difficult to
bear, but soon, as they continued to carry the burden and
to fold the wings over their hearts, the wings grew
attached to their little bodies. They quickly discovered
how to use them and were lifted by the wings high into
the air. The weights became wings.
This is a parable for us. We are the wingless birds, and
our duties and tasks are the wings God uses to lift us up
and cary us heavenward. We look at our burdens and
heavy loads, and try to run from them, but if we will
carry them and tie them to our hearts, they will become
wings God uses to lift us up and carry us heavenward.
We look at our burdens and heavy loads, and try to run
from them, but if we will carry them and tie them to our
hearts, they will become wings. And on them can we
rise and soar toward our God.
There is no burden so heavy that when lifted cheerfully
with love in our hearts will not become a blessing to us.
God intends for our tasks to be our helpers; to refuse to
bend our shoulders to carry a load is to miss a new
opportunity for growth. JR Miller.
No matter how overwhelming, any burden God has love-
tingly placed with His own hands on our shoulders is a
blessing. Frederick Faber
Reader, God is using the blog to encourage me into a
greater understanding of how the trials in my life are
a doorway to His abundant life. I hope that you too,
find today's blog, liberating
There is a fable about the way birds got their wings. The
story goes that initially they were made without them.
Then God made the wings, set them down before the
wingless birds, and said to them, "Take up these burdens
and carry them."
The birds had sweet voices for singing, and lovely
feathers, that glistened in the sunshine, but they could
not soar. When asked to pick up the burdens that lay
at their feet, they hesitated at first. Yet soon they obeyed,
picked up the wings with their beaks, and set them on
their shoulders to carry them.
For a short time the load seemed heavy and difficult to
bear, but soon, as they continued to carry the burden and
to fold the wings over their hearts, the wings grew
attached to their little bodies. They quickly discovered
how to use them and were lifted by the wings high into
the air. The weights became wings.
This is a parable for us. We are the wingless birds, and
our duties and tasks are the wings God uses to lift us up
and cary us heavenward. We look at our burdens and
heavy loads, and try to run from them, but if we will
carry them and tie them to our hearts, they will become
wings God uses to lift us up and carry us heavenward.
We look at our burdens and heavy loads, and try to run
from them, but if we will carry them and tie them to our
hearts, they will become wings. And on them can we
rise and soar toward our God.
There is no burden so heavy that when lifted cheerfully
with love in our hearts will not become a blessing to us.
God intends for our tasks to be our helpers; to refuse to
bend our shoulders to carry a load is to miss a new
opportunity for growth. JR Miller.
No matter how overwhelming, any burden God has love-
tingly placed with His own hands on our shoulders is a
blessing. Frederick Faber
Reader, God is using the blog to encourage me into a
greater understanding of how the trials in my life are
a doorway to His abundant life. I hope that you too,
find today's blog, liberating
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