Rainy Days

Thursday, January 6

Why Would an Eagle Do That?

But she does. That little bird goes flapping down the face of the cliff, surely to its destruction. Not so! In one mighty swoop she catches the little one on her wings and brings it up. She pushes the little ones out of the nest over and over.

Later she picks feathers and leaves from the nest and casts them overboard. She takes the great sticks with her beak and snaps them in two. Is she breaking up housekeeping because she doesn't like her children any more? No, she understands something they don't. They were made to soar. She destroys the nest to get them to discover who they are and what they can do.

Have you ever had things together and comfortable and suddenly you're pushed out of the nest? God intends to mature you. You'll be falling, thinking this is the end, God has abandoned you. It isn't the end because underneath are those everlasting arms.

—Terry Fullam, Florida pastor

Personal Challenge:

• Memorize one of the key verses from this week, or post it near you at work. Pray for God to build your hope.