An example and Blessing from God's Perfect Plan for All Creation

“Then the Lord said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures and let the birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.  God created the great sea monsters and every living thing that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind and every winged bird after its own kind; and God saw that it was good” (Gen 1:2021). 

Hey Gang:  Celebrating 25^th and 50^th  and 60^th wedding anniversaries is becoming more and more of an endangered issue in this day of “If it does not satisfy my every whim, throw it out, mode.  The bride of my youth has often said, divorce was never considered, murder maybe, but never divorce.  We all know she is too loving to even consider either. 

On our 25^th anniversary we took a trip to Alaska on the Inland Ferry. Wow, what an awesome trip!. I think we will do a repeat trip on our 75^th anniversary, only fourteen years to plan for it.

The last stop on the Ferry was in Haines where we spent the night in a very beautiful rustic Inn. In the morning we were served the most elaborate breakfast we had ever eaten.  It was the end of the season and every place we stopped we saw evidence of closing down for the winter; the process was well along to completion so cleaning out the breakfast supplies was the goal of that morning. 

Then we boarded a bus for our trip through the Yukon Territory to Anchorage.  In route we experienced one of the most profound events of my life – we stopped at the head waters of a river where the salmon come to lay their eggs and die.  And, where the salmon come to die is where the Eagles come to chow down and take on the needed sustenance that will provide for their winter insulation needs.  Part of God’s program for protecting our national emblem.

There were literally thousands of eagles that filled the trees and river.  It was a frosty morning and the trees were covered with frost which only made the eagles glisten all the more.  Even the eaglets were there in the branches.

In discussion with a pilot friend, who was also on the trip, I learned that if an eagle loses its white flying feathers it must remain grounded until the new feathers come in.  Then they can soar again to new heights.  The waiting period is painful.  They see other eagles all around soaring.  

Can you identify with that analogy?  God sometimes must ground us and replace our old feathers with new so that in Him we may soar to new heights.

So, my young friends, when things seem that your prayers are like bricks, or you lack the zeal that we yearn in our heart to worship the King perhaps you are in the replacement of feather shop. 

Blessings,

Gramps