We learn from this ancient text that we are like little birds, carried in God’s arms!
“Like an eagle . . . he spreads his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions . . .”
This is wonderful news!
Reading this above, I closed my eyes and imagined myself as a little bird, my wings (arms!) outstretched, soaring on the wind, with my eagle dad (that’s God!) soaring perhaps just beneath me, holding me on his “pinions.”
But wait.
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WHAT exactly are pinions? And what kind of bird carries their young “on his pinions”? The only bird that does this, as far as science has discovered so far, is the African Jacana.
This bird dad, when it needs to protect and carry its young stuffs the young’s little head up its armpit.
The little chick is blinded to its surroundings, its little legs hanging undignified.
Which is exactly what walking with God feels like sometimes. (Or, a lot of the time, don’t you think?)
Wait – let’s remember another ancient text, below, which also compares us to a bird and which I happen to prefer. This text is often quoted, engraved on book covers, cross-stitched and hung on walls.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
(But both aspects of the spiritual life are true).
The only constant is that God is always with us.
What season are you walking in, friend?
Oh! And being undignified by being stuffed up someone’s armpit is still pretty awesome, when you think about it. You’re still in the arms of God, friend. May we remember this each day, even when we can’t quite see our next spiritual step as clearly as we would like.
Feeling a bit “stuffed up God’s armpit” today?
Relax! Jesus has got this. (And maybe being dignified is not as cracked up as we initially assume?)
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Photo Credits: The Spiritual Life (Part A!) by John at Adobe Stock and The Spiritual Life (Part B) by Joshua Clement on Unsplash
