They will soar on wings like eagles. (Isaiah 40:31)
In my todays reflection I came accross reading a story about the way the birds got their wings.
In my todays reflection I came accross reading a story about the way the birds got their wings.
The Story
There is the fable about the way birds got their wings. The story goes that initially they where made without them. Then God made them the wings, set them down before the wingless birds, and said to them, "Take up these burdens and cary them."
The birds had sweet voices for singing, and lovely feathers that glistened in the sunshine, but they could not soar in the air. When ask 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 as soon, as they continued to carry the burden and to fold the wings over their hearts, wings grew attached to their little bodies. They quickly dicovered how to use them and were lifted by the wings high into the air. The weights had become wings.
The story really strucked me straight to my heart and then I realized 3 Things.
Burden is a BLESSING. we are the wingless birds, and our duties, task and mission are the wings God uses to lift us up and carry us heavenward.
Burden is our CALLING. God called us to follow His steps and so he want us to carry our load, burden, and cross by denying our human self and allowing Him to use us powerfully for His greater glory.
Burden is our OFFERING for God. We take up our cross because we love our God we want to follow Him. Therefore, denying ourselves and taking up our burdens daily is our offerings for the Lord. We have recieved without paying and now we give without being paid but offer our burdens to Jesus.
No matter how overwhelming, any burden God has lovingly placed with His own hands on our shoulders is a blessings.Frederick Faber
There is no burden so heavy that when lifted cheerfully with love in our hearts will not become a blessing to us. - J.R. Miller
The birds had sweet voices for singing, and lovely feathers that glistened in the sunshine, but they could not soar in the air. When ask 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 as soon, as they continued to carry the burden and to fold the wings over their hearts, wings grew attached to their little bodies. They quickly dicovered how to use them and were lifted by the wings high into the air. The weights had become wings.
The story really strucked me straight to my heart and then I realized 3 Things.
Burden is a BLESSING. we are the wingless birds, and our duties, task and mission are the wings God uses to lift us up and carry us heavenward.
Burden is our CALLING. God called us to follow His steps and so he want us to carry our load, burden, and cross by denying our human self and allowing Him to use us powerfully for His greater glory.
Burden is our OFFERING for God. We take up our cross because we love our God we want to follow Him. Therefore, denying ourselves and taking up our burdens daily is our offerings for the Lord. We have recieved without paying and now we give without being paid but offer our burdens to Jesus.
No matter how overwhelming, any burden God has lovingly placed with His own hands on our shoulders is a blessings.Frederick Faber
There is no burden so heavy that when lifted cheerfully with love in our hearts will not become a blessing to us. - J.R. Miller
4 comments:
nice one blair! inspiring. awaiting on your next "3things."
salamat pre! Godisenoughforme.com is my inspiration. haha.. =)
wow, that is an amazing fable! favorite animal ko na tlga ang birds, especially sparrows! :D
yeah yung sparrows sa youtube napanood mo yun?.. magandang story yun father and son. :-)
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