Today, while I was sitting, praying in a local park, I looked up into the faintly clouded, beautiful light blue, sunlight sky, I thanked God for such a wonderful day; especially after so many days (weeks actually) of rain, hail, surprise weather, and dark clouds. Praying on the park bench in the shade of a tree, by a babbling mini-creek which dumped into so a manmade pond, I felt myself deeply breathing in the gentle breeze, while exhaling urgent prayers of request for wisdom, leading, protection and more.
In the midst of it all, I looked straight up into the sky and beheld white birds flying above. I sat and I stared. They were not busily running from some place to some place. They were not in a flock being rushed by a leader who chirped ‘catch up you slackers’. They were not even foraging the airways for little things to eat. These two birds were doing a perfect elliptical dance upon the wind; round and round and round and round.
They were neither going up nor down; neither forward nor backward. They were not dipping, diving, or dropping. In fact if I had drawn the shape in the sky, and they were points on it, they were exactly at opposite ends of the slightly-off circle; going round and round.
It seemed so simple. It seemed so peaceful. I found myself wishing that I too could float so easily above the earth on such a fine, soon-to-be 75 degree day.
Praying, I found my heart reach out to God by the words I spoke next: “Oh, Lord everything you have created is so orderly, well designed. Because of them (birds in general) man knew that it was possible to get off the earth. Man found another way (other than flap, flap, flap, although, I hear man can do it that way too now) but they found a way to do it.” I then felt the wind upon my face gently breezing passing me by.
I inhaled. I exhaled. I stared. I prayed. Then these words rose out of my soul: “Oh Lord, teach me HOW to soar so effortlessly in you Spirit. Everything you have created must learn how to do what they are created to do. We (mankind) are no different. Help me get higher into Your Spirit; until I too can playfully soar with others on a warm sunny day in your Spirit.”
Doesn’t that sound wonderful? Will you join me in that prayer? Please.
Original Copyright: © Anthony J. Massotti Th.M., Th.M. 4/13/2008