“Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests? Isaiah 60:8
I’m so excited! Warmer weather and sunshine have started to appear between the snow showers we’ve been seeing. You better believe that I’ve been taking advantage of every opportunity to sit with the light flowing over me and the warmth on my face.
My “businessman” oldest wanted to have a meeting on one of the most beautiful days we’ve seen in a long time. If it gets us outside, I’m all for it! He met up with a friend to grab some lunch, and my youngest and I were going to meet them later at a park nearby after training the pup.
We bought a pizza after giving the pup a good mental workout and headed over to the pavilion where they set up shop. After eating, the meeting was still going on because they were consumed with designing shirts. It looked like that might last for a while. My youngest pulled out his homework and got to work. My boys are so responsible. Me? Not so much. The swings were calling my name!
I rested there on that swing and was still for a few minutes just letting the warm air wash over me when I realized I couldn’t just sit there; I needed to fly! The next thing I knew, my youngest was announcing that he had his homework done. Although I knew he was “too old” to swing, he couldn’t resist after watching me with my legs practically straight up in the air and my head almost touching the ground.
When an odd look was directed my way as he expressed interest in my technique, I just grinned. My youngest decided he wasn’t quite willing to let go and tip himself that far back! The difference between us was that I trusted my grip on the chains to keep me from falling, but he wasn’t so sure about that.
Sometimes we can receive some wonderful revelations when we just pay attention to the simple things in life. Have you ever seen a toddler get excited to fly high on swings? They rely on another person to push them or they start wiggling. You know what I mean! They shake themselves back and forth that produces quite a bit of movement but no forward momentum.
How often in life do we do a lot of wiggling but not a lot of letting go? When we’re too stiff to be willing to fall backwards, we tend to stay in one place. There’s a rhythm that needs to be happening as we move. To go forward and climb high, we must loosen up and allow ourselves to let go like when you allow your feet to touch the clouds when swinging. At the top of that movement is when we can allow the momentum to pull us back up and our knees to bend so that we can refocus on what’s ahead. However; we only stay like that for a moment until we are letting go again to climb even higher.
In life, it isn’t so much about depending on our own strength so we don’t fall, it’s about depending on God’s strength. When we truly want to fly, we must put your whole self into it. We’re never too old to fly!
Are you wiggling or moving with purpose? Are you relying on another person to push you? Are you relying on the grip you have on situations…or the grip that God has on you? I challenge you to think about that today so that you don’t stop short of your destination.
