They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” – Isaiah 40:31
Wishing away difficult circumstances may well please the dreamer yet in those moments, days, months filled with high anxiety Our Saviour whispers into our ear, all will be well with patience leading us through our darkest hours into liberation from all that the shadows attempt to impose upon The Father's faithful child.
Wisdom teaches us that it is always darkest, just before the dawn reveals the arrival of the sun, inviting each of us to bathe in the light.
Emily Dickinson's poem alludes to the influence of The Holy Spirit in our life, often portrayed in Scripture in the form of a white dove.
“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
The Holy Spirit asks nothing in return from us, encouraging us to remain patient until the storm passes.
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