Where Eagles Soar

After a night of restless sleep I arose early and the dawn greeted me with an amazing rainbow. It was to the north so prominent, standing majestically in the valley about 10 kilometres away. I had always thought you could only ever see a rainbow if you were standing with your back to the sun, more or less, but the Lord, He who created the heavens and the earth, showed me differently.

The blaze of glory was only the start of the bow, yet complete in itself. It stood there as a sentinel of grace, the Lord's very own brilliantly light sign post. For about five minutes I was watching, intently, seeing it grow as it struck higher into the sky and reached down and signed the ground where its fingers touched the soil, just beyond the hill.

In truth, the Lord was greeting me with his rainbow in his dawn. He reminds me of his covenants of preservation and redemption. Who else can see this, I mused? Who else will think of Him and his promises? My hope is that many would and that they would give thanks and praise him for all his works of providence. I am learning for the first time, as he teaches me through this beautiful gift of light, that the rainbow can lead us all to all of his covenants of grace.

Later, still a bit hung-over from that night's sleeplessness, I sat at my usual spot to read and meditate. But my mind was foggy and the best thing I could come up with was, "I just want to love you, Lord." And I lifted my eyes to the hills and the first thing I saw was a hawk soaring in the sky.

And again He greeted me, for He and I have a thing going with hawks, falcons and eagles... and rainbows. Again he reminded me of our relationship and what his desire is for me, and for all those that love him, for all those who are willing to listen and believe that he has promised to give us all life in all its fullness. We simply have to ask and believe who He is, the Lord of the Universe, and he will freely give, just like he did with the rainbow.