I love awakening in the morning and going out on the balcony to see what kind of day it is going to be. It seems that the early morning sky is a very good indicator of things to come. I have noticed that from the height of our balcony that it is easy to see the birds as they are flying through the sky. I am amazed at how they seem to be playing in the early morning light. One morning I saw a group of about twenty black birds flying through the trees.
It isn’t really that amazing to see black birds flying in the morning. It isn’t even amazing to see them flying in and among the trees. But the amazing thing to me was the speed with which they were flying through the thick grouping of trees. They were going so fast that they seemed to be blurs against the greenery. I wondered if they were just accustomed to those trees or if they were just so good at flying that the trees and branches posed no obstacle to them. But, no matter what the explanation, I was impressed with their ability. I was really more than impressed - I was amazed.
The amazing thing was that in that moment I had received a fine definition of getting through life. The birds were not hindered in the least bit by all of the obstacles that seemed intense enough to put a stop to flying altogether. They were not slowed, nor were they lowered, in their numbers. They simply flew. They flew through the branches, and they flew through the trees.
In those few moments early that morning, I realized that we all go through the obstacles of life in much the same fashion. We may feel that things stop us in our tracks, but actually upon examining it, I could make the argument that we fly pretty fast through and among most things. We may not feel that we are soaring, but under examination, our ability to keep going becomes truly amazing.
I know that we do this because God gives us the ability. Some might say that it just comes naturally. They might say that over the many years we have learned that events better not slow us down or we will simply come to a halt. But I know that the birds fly because God teaches them to fly. I also know that we soar through and among all that life throws at us because God teaches us to soar.
Thank you, Lord, for flying lessons.
God Bless,
Dan