Storms Bring Out the Eagles

"Storms Bring Out the Eagles,But the Little Birds Take Cover"
When the "storms of life"Gather darkly ahead,I think of these wonderful words I once read.
And I say to myself As "threatening clouds" hover,Don't "fold up your wings"And "run for cover."
But like the eagle,"Spread wide your wings"And "soar far above"The troubles life brings.
For the eagle knows That the higher he flies,The more tranquil and brighter Become the skies.
And there is nothing in life God ever asks us to bear That we can't soar above "On the wings of prayer."
And in looking back over The "storm you passed through,"You'll find you gained strength And new courage, too.
For in facing "life's storms"With an eagle's wings,You can fly far above Earth's small, petty things.
~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

一月八日

『我也必叫時雨落下；必有福如甘霖而降。』（結三十四章二十六節）

今天早晨你的光景如何？是不是一個枯燥的光景？那麼你正需要時雨滋潤了。是不是一個憂鬱煩惱的光景？那麼你正需要時雨調劑了。『你的日子如何，你的力量也必如何』（申33：25）。『必有福如甘霖而降。』『福』字在原文中是多數的，意思是上帝要降各種－不止一樣－的福。祂一切的祝福聯在一起，如一條金鍊一般，－－降下。如果祂給我們得救的恩典，祂也要給我們得勝的恩典。恩典上還要加上恩典。祂的祝福真如甘霖一般。哦，枯萎的植物啊阿！張開你的葉子和花瓣來接受從天上來的時雨罷。－－司布真（Spurgeon）
多結果的生命常尋求時雨。

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes of his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him, and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it, "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why, when I needed you most, you would leave me." The Lord replied, "My son, my precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you." By Mary Stevenson