Faith in Flight
An Ibis is so strange a bird
While it looks about for worms
Its crooked neck bent down to peck
Like chickens on our farm
But if they start to spread their wings
And fly up to the skies
Together sweep in gliding grace
To show God’s grace that hides
And wait for us to ooh and aah
And remember God delights
To give His strength in weakness
As our faith lifts up in flight
Faith in Flight by Peter Caligiuri © 2020 All rights reserved
Just twenty four short hours
Are what we have today
Fourteen hundred – forty Minutes
To do and speak and pray
Eighty-six thousand four hundred seconds
To never come again
The clock is ticking ticking
And just memories remain
The words we choose to speak
Will echo-echo on
And what we choose to do
Is somewhere written down
But God’s goodness and His mercy
Are Helpers ever true
Through the hours of our day
While His Light shines all night through
His Light Shines All Night Through by Peter Caligiuri © 2020 All rights reserved
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9
In the ocean there are more than 2,000 kinds of starfish, but each has its own unique place in the sea. They thrive at the bottom of the ocean under enormous pressure because that is where they belong.
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When we are under pressure sometimes we try to pretend. We pretend we aren’t afraid when we face danger or we may pretend to know the answer when in fact we are confused. The problem with pretending to be someone else is that we forget who we really are.
The apostle Paul chose to remember who he was (and wasn’t),. He even spent time reminding others of his weaknesses, problems and difficulties. Because Paul’s style of life was sincere others, like Luke and Timothy and thousands of became willing to follow Jesus just as they were also.
God has designed each of us like different kinds of starfish and has put us exactly where we belong! We don’t need to pretend that we are a whale or a shark. When the pressure builds up just hold on to who God has planned you to be and He will hold onto you by His grace – which is the greatest power of all.
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