Soaring Like Eagles

Today I greeted the morning with gratitude for my good health so I honored my temple by running three miles all while reflecting on the prayer I would offer on my family's weekly prayer call. I ask that you would be in agreement with this prayer as I have posted it here to share with you:

Dear Heavenly Father here I am this bright new morning, trembling a bit as I approach this time of prayer and devotion, never really knowing what wonders await me. I am always in awe at the opportunities You provide Your people to speak with you. Lord, one more time I hear Your reminder that it is not about me. One more time I recognize Your call reminding me that this encounter today is for Your glory and for Your purposes, many of which I will not understand.

I choose to spend this time with You Lord simply grateful that I have been given enough understanding of my spiritual nature to recognize how needy I am for the Presence of my Lord and Savior. You are here with me at this very moment and because I am listening, You will use this prayer for Your purposes. The wonder of it all is that You are at the very center of it all.

To be allowed to serve at Your pleasure, for Your purposes in this time, is a profound joy. To have been spared to serve You today, fills my heart with wonder as I anticipate what lies ahead of all of us as we come together to journey in faith towards the destination of Your choice.

Lord we know that it's about You and it's about Your plans and Your purposes. We will be forever grateful for your plans and purposes and what it has brought to our lives.

I look upwards into the Face of my Lord and as I do, I am reminded of the eagle. I often find myself praying the scripture “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.' As I think on this truth my spirit begins to soar. I recognize the lack of fear that exists in an eagle as he faces storms of every type throughout most of his life, yet never falters. I recognize he just adjusts his flight to flow with the storm, knowing in the end he will be safely brought home.

I love watching birds fly, but especially an eagle that soars higher and faster -- never limited by the circumstances surrounding his flight. Like all of us, Jesus, we need the same ability to soar in the face of storms. We need to be sensitive to those around us, and we need to be able to adjust to the circumstances we are facing. Obstacles are always going to be with us, but I praise and thank you that over the years, I have come to understand the importance of embracing struggles, focusing on the purposes You have shown me, and laying down all of the other garbage that tries to confuse and derail me.

My prayer today is one of thanksgiving for the ability You give each one of us to overcome. You have given us all gifts and talents to sustain us. You teach us every day to trust You -- to recognize that life is a journey filled with gates to open and paths to be cleared.

Lord, we humbly thank you this morning for the report we were able to receive from the doctor this week realizing that we have a journey ahead of us but we we thank you Lord in advance for taking my father safely through this journey. You said in your Word to speak into existence those things that are not as though they were so I thank you this morning for healing my father’s body Lord. We know that in the natural this illness seems challenging to us but my faith tells me Lord that if I put my trust in you nothing is impossible for you. Nothing surprises you Lord because you wrote the script. Nothing is too difficult for you to handle. You have all power in your hands and we acknowledge that this morning. We also thank you this morning Lord for being the doctor in the sick room for my Aunt Marian. We thank you for healing her quick, fast and in a hurry Lord for we know that you are able. We pray her strength in the Lord. Continue to give her good spirits and bless those around her who are her caretakers. We love you Lord, we honor You, we lift up your name this morning because you are so worthy to be praised.

I thank You also that You are teaching me about patience -- which I acknowledge is not my strength. Somehow I know that perseverance, patience, and thanksgiving are the winning combination for my day today. I thank You that I can now embrace with joy and thanksgiving the discipline and focus it takes to get me to a place of peace and joy. Help all who pray this prayer to soar on eagle's wings today. Bring them safely to that place of rest You have prepared for them, where they can recognize as they end their day, that their lives count for you Lord and for His cry for His people. I ask all these prayers and petitions in the matchless name of your son Jesus, Amen.