Return of the Eagles

J.R.R. Tolkien may have seen our day coming when he wrote of the gathering of the eagles on various occasions, sent to rescue the heroes of his books.

It seems that recent bold declarations coming forth from the benches of the highest courts in the land cause many of us to be filled with wonder at the awesomeness of God and of the moment.

I had felt to begin another time of fasting and prayer on June 20, and to be perfectly honest, the Supreme Court and upcoming decisions before them were not on my radar. There were and are too many issues and needs closer to home that had my attention. I guess it is hard to look to the horizon when so many of those close to you need you to help put the fires out before their houses burn to the ground.

Anyway, we have all learned that when God speaks to us, calling us aside to fast and pray, it is because He knows we need it.

In First Kings 19:7, Elijah is told by an angel to "eat up" as we would say, because "the journey is too great for you." He was going to have to travel in the strength of that food for forty days and nights through the desert! When God calls you aside to give you something spiritually, it is for the very same purpose: you are about to go somewhere and you will absolutely need the strength of that food to get there successfully and not lose your mind!

The deserts we go through are usually not made of sand and hot relentless sun. They are worse. We may be surrounded by people but we may feel like we are alone.

It is a welcome sight when God sends someone to come to our rescue. They are often somebody who was wandering around in the desert just like us, and God showed them how to find the way out. Now they are so happy to help you.

That's because all of us imperfect church people who have broken God's commandments, just like everybody else out there, have messed up in the past, but we have learned through our messes, gotten right with God again, and want to be there for you when you need help coming to Jesus.

We still don't have it all together, but this is not about us anyway. It never was. It is 100% about Jesus and how HE loves us. If you are looking for a church that has it all together, you will have to keep looking, 'cause that isn't us. But we will do our best to love you as Jesus told us to do...