Isaiah 58:14 says "I will cause you to ride upon the high places of the earth."
One of my favorite books is “Streams in the Desert", a compilation of quotations, poems, and spiritual inspiration that sustained Mrs. Charles Cowman during her missionary years in Japan and China. It also helped her during the 6 years she nursed her dying husband.
Let me quote from the Feb. 4 meditation: “Those who fly through the air in airships tell us that one of the first rules they learn is to turn their ship toward the wind, and fly against it. The wind lifts the ship up to higher heights. Where did they learn that? They learned it from the birds. If a bird is flying for pleasure, it goes with the wind. But if the bird meets danger, it turns right around and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher toward the sun.
“Sufferings are God's winds, His contrary winds. They are God's hurricanes, but they take human life and lift it to higher levels and toward God's heavens."
"Be like a bird that, halting in its flight,
Rests on a bough too slight.
And feeling it give way beneath him sings,
Knowing he hath wings."
Sometimes I feel I am that bird, and the bough beneath me is shaky and weak. But I can sing like a bird, joyfully, knowing if the bough breaks, God has given me wings!
