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Count it All Joy: Rightly Facing the Trials of Life
Illustration
Teaching Eaglets to Fly
One of the most inspiring sights in nature is the eagle in flight.
With an endless expanse of blue behind it the eagle spreads its mighty wings and soars majestically and gracefully across the sky.
Free, powerful, complete.
Because of this the eagle becomes a symbol for how we’d like to be.
We all want to soar like an eagle in life.
But I wonder if you know how it is an eagle learns to soar?
I am told that there is a particular species of eagle which builds its nest high up on the face of a cliff overlooking the sea.
In this nest the eagle chick is hatched and spends its first days watching its mother come and go, collecting food and bringing it back.
One day mum decides it’s time her chicks learned to fly.
You know how she does it?
She forces her way right into the nest and then pushes her chicks out.
The chick starts plummeting down the cliff-face, terrified, shocked, heartbeat racing, aware that death is just seconds away.
And then something amazing happens.
The chick instinctively stretches the wings it never knew it had, the plummet becomes a fall, then a gentle rise.
Soon the chick is soaring like its mother.
It’s in that split second of terrifying danger that the chick comes face to face with itself, and face to face with wider reality.
In that terrifying moments the chick discovers what it is.
And without that terrifying moment it will never learn to soar.
Introduction
Illustration
Up and Under
Teaching Eaglets to Fly
One of the most inspiring sights in nature is the eagle in flight.
With an endless expanse of blue behind it the eagle spreads its mighty wings and soars majestically and gracefully across the sky.
Free, powerful, complete.
Because of this the eagle becomes a symbol for how we’d like to be.
We all want to soar like an eagle in life.
One of the most inspiring sights in nature is the eagle in flight.
With an endless expanse of blue behind it the eagle spreads its mighty wings and soars majestically and gracefully across the sky.
Free, powerful, complete.
Because of this the eagle becomes a symbol for how we’d like to be.
We all want to soar like an eagle in life.
But I wonder if you know how it is an eagle learns to soar?
I am told that there is a particular species of eagle which builds its nest high up on the face of a cliff overlooking the sea.
In this nest the eagle chick is hatched and spends its first days watching its mother come and go, collecting food and bringing it back.
One day mum decides it’s time her chicks learned to fly.
You know how she does it?
She forces her way right into the nest and then pushes her chicks out.
The chick starts plummeting down the cliff-face, terrified, shocked, heartbeat racing, aware that death is just seconds away.
And then something amazing happens.
The chick instinctively stretches the wings it never knew it had, the plummet becomes a fall, then a gentle rise.
Soon the chick is soaring like its mother.
But I wonder if you know how it is an eagle learns to soar?
I am told that there is a particular species of eagle which builds its nest high up on the face of a cliff overlooking the sea.
In this nest the eagle chick is hatched and spends its first days watching its mother come and go, collecting food and bringing it back.
It’s in that split second of terrifying danger that the chick comes face to face with itself, and face to face with wider reality.
In that terrifying moments the chick discovers what it is.
And without that terrifying moment it will never learn to soar.
Why did it come back to the surface in an upright position?
Because it was ballasted with a metre thick lining of cement on the bottom of the hull.
It is a vivid reminder that life can often go horribly wrong, but if we have the right “ballast” – faith in Christ – then we can get through it and emerge upright on the other side.
One day mum decides it’s time her chicks learned to fly.
You know how she does it?
She forces her way right into the nest and then pushes her chicks out.
The chick starts plummeting down the cliff-face, terrified, shocked, heartbeat racing, aware that death is just seconds away.
And then something amazing happens.
The chick instinctively stretches the wings it never knew it had, the plummet becomes a fall, then a gentle rise.
Soon the chick is soaring like its mother.
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It’s in that split second of terrifying danger that the chick comes face to face with itself, and face to face with wider reality.
In that terrifying moments the chick discovers what it is.
And without that terrifying moment it will never learn to soar.
In 1979 the tugboat Cahaba was headed down the River in Alabama, USA.
Tugboat 2:
The current was flowing fast as the tug’s pilot approached the bridge and released his coal barges.
Tugboat 3:
He then put his 1800 horsepower twin engines into reverse to get away,
Tugboat 4:
but when the boat moved slightly off line the current swung the boat sideways and slammed it into the bridge.
The current was so strong that it forced the boat down under the water.
The current was so strong that it forced the boat down under the water.
Tugboat 5:
To the astonishment of onlookers it passed under the bridge and popped up, upright, with the engines still going and the pilot at the wheel, on the other side.
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Why did it come back to the surface in an upright position?
Because it was ballasted with a meter thick lining of cement on the bottom of the hull.
“ballast” - is used in ships to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the hull.
The river and the flow of water is naturally there.
But the boat that sailed comes prepared with its right “ballast” in place.
The Purpose of Trials
What does trials do in our life?
Testing of faith
James 1
Testing” in Greek word is dokímion.
Meaning: a test, trial, what is genuine.
“Testing” in Greek word is dokímion.
Meaning: a test, trial, what is genuine.
Testing what is genuine.
Similar Greek word used in
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These means that the testing of your
Its about building you up
To reach your full maturity in Christ
James 1:
“and let steadfastness (endurance/patience) have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing”
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