Dear Friends: One of my favorite poems is a very short, but profound verse by the French writer, Victor Hugo. It says, "Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings.”
Read that again, slowly. Let the meaning seep in before you move on. Have you ever taken a moment to observe a bird dancing in a garden? I've noticed the very thing that Hugo describes above: A little bird flutters and then settles in on a weak branch or a palm frond. Just when the bird thinks it's safe, the branch gives way! Does the bird panic? Maybe, for a second - but then just as quickly, she sings - knowing that she has wings - a God-given means of escape.
From time to time, you and I will pause mid-flight, on boughs too slight, and it will feel as if the entire branch of our lives is giving way beneath us. Friend, that is the time that we must learn to sing, knowing that God has given us wings! The Bible says that "He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty...He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge" (Psalms 91:1,4).
There is absolutely no height from which you can fall that the Almighty God will not rescue you. He is the God who carries His people on eagle's wings (Exodus 19:4). So the next time you step out on a branch and you feel it start to give way - be like the bird and sing! Knowing that God will carry you on His wings.
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