Lessons from the eagles

Today, I saw for the first time, the eagle feed the babies.

I was in awe of the interaction between the eagle and the eaglets.  The eaglets were so trusting, totally depending on the eagle to provide for its food.

Gently, the eagle held the meat so the eaglet could take only what it needed...only what it could swallow.

 I thought, "why doesn't the eagle just give it all to them?"

Not a brilliant thought but that's what went through my mind.

On the heels of thought, I realized that they couldn't handle ALL the meat at once.  They wouldn't be able to get much nourishment from it because it would fall to the side. They weren't strong enough to eat without the parent holding the food for them.


I loved the expressions on the faces.  Animals are remarkable in their ability to express.

The eagle was tender, protective and providing.  The eaglets were trusting, open, receiving.


And I remember that God says that He cares for sparrows...not just the majestic birds like the eagle, but the lowly bird...a sparrow.  He tells us that He takes care of the sparrows, how much more will He take care of us?

Matthew 6:25-34 (New International Version, ©2011)

Do Not Worry

    ²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life^[a]?    ²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? ³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

And the promise.....

Isaiah 40:31 (New International Version, ©2011)

³¹ but those who hope in the LORD
   will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
   they will run and not grow weary,
   they will walk and not be faint. 

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fear...

Heart pounding
anxiety flowing
tension building....

the shaking
the fear.....

Sometimes these are a common occurrence for me.

Sometimes I know what brings it on and other times I don't.

It's real these panic attacks.  It's like a shot of adrenalin with no release. (I'm not an adrenalin junkie like my husband :)  Instead, I thank God for the prescription that's up high in the cabinet....and thankful for the permission to use it!  And I do when I need to...usually less than the amount I'm allowed to take.  It helps to calm and get my panic back under control. 

But I also use my Bible and the scriptures there to calm and reassure me.  Over and over, as I think about the words of scripture, it helps to sooth my nerves.


For the past year this has been one of the scriptures I quote.  Sometimes I can't even grasp the beginning and just skip to the 'peace of God' and cry for God's peace.  And it comes. 


Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6,7

Through this verse, I see things I hadn't seen before.  ...with thanksgiving 

 A car to put gasoline in even when it's killing me!

Money to buy food with even though the prices seem to keep going higher.

Miracles when building the house...my kitchen cabinets, the parlor doors, the trim and the list goes on....even when I wonder why we ended up with a house bigger than we need...(we had plans on adoption and helping kids, but God closed that door.)

...so I wonder, "why?  I don't need all this stress". 

I start looking closer and thanking Him for the things that hurt.

...moving

...finding good in the bad

...looking at walls that were impossible four years ago and how much better they are now

...the stress of building a house and some of the impossible things that are out of my control.

...and realizing that is the problem...I can't control it...so I try to yield and let Him control that impossibility.

  I don't do a very good job....

I look back over things I thought I'd never be able to walk through and remember...

The pain, tears, hurt....hard hurt...yet a healing hurt.  I made it through them even tho I might still suffer with them at times, it is nothing like it was.  I feel a healing there inside of me where that gaping hole was torn.  I grieve for things that can never be.  I grieve for the security of being able to allow that me inside out.  It's been trampled and I hide.  It's easier that way.  The less I say...the less I hurt.  And I remember the scripture that helped me through .....and it can help me now.

But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel,
Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.


When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.  Isaiah 43

So I walk...with the water sometimes lapping at my feet, sometimes over my head...and feel the heat of the fire....and remember I will not drown, I will not be burned.

...He knows my name and He remembers me.  He knows how I feel and even why...and He does not care....because He loves me.

And I try to be thankful.

...I try to find beauty and joy again in the every day things of life

...I rejoice in the 'helps' along the way
(One Thousand Gifts....a big encouragement to continue to be thankful).

...I enjoy the peace being thankful brings.

...and in the times when I can't see to be thankful.

...when the panic is full blown and my mind is racing

...I can not sleep

...tears make tracks down my cheeks

...my head hurts...my heart hurts even worse

....I try to do as Paul tells me...

'rest in His hand'

....and picture me in HIS hand

...the one who made everything...yet cares enough to hold me.