Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Jun 1, 2007 1:23:34 GMT -5
On the Wings of a …Duck!
It was a beautiful morning for a walk. I parked my little car close to the start of the footpath which led to the river. I stepped onto the paved walkway and turned left toward my favourite place. The water was as smooth as silk. Its glass like appearance mirrored the beauty of Gods creation that surrounded it. The sun was warm and the sky, clear.
It came from under the bridge. It was flying very low and very fast. The perfect reflection almost touch the body of the bird itself. Every now and then, it skimmed the surface so lightly, the tiniest ripple formed and died. Words of a well know song came to mind followed by the words of a verse.
“Now that’s strange. There is, the wings of a snow white dove, and there’s, wings of an eagle, but on the wings of a....duck!”
As I watched this graceful, swift moving creature, I began to wonder just how awesome, God really is. The power in those wings gave this plain ordinary duck the speed of an eagle, yet its gracefulness reminded me of a dove.
I don’t remember much else from the walk but the presence of that duck brought me into a new understanding of the beauty of creation. God the designer and creator of the whole world, made all things, well.
Genesis 1:20 (NIV) And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
Genesis 1:31a (NIV).. God saw all that he made, and it was very good...
(C) Chrissy Siggee
It was a beautiful morning for a walk. I parked my little car close to the start of the footpath which led to the river. I stepped onto the paved walkway and turned left toward my favourite place. The water was as smooth as silk. Its glass like appearance mirrored the beauty of Gods creation that surrounded it. The sun was warm and the sky, clear.
It came from under the bridge. It was flying very low and very fast. The perfect reflection almost touch the body of the bird itself. Every now and then, it skimmed the surface so lightly, the tiniest ripple formed and died. Words of a well know song came to mind followed by the words of a verse.
“Now that’s strange. There is, the wings of a snow white dove, and there’s, wings of an eagle, but on the wings of a....duck!”
As I watched this graceful, swift moving creature, I began to wonder just how awesome, God really is. The power in those wings gave this plain ordinary duck the speed of an eagle, yet its gracefulness reminded me of a dove.
I don’t remember much else from the walk but the presence of that duck brought me into a new understanding of the beauty of creation. God the designer and creator of the whole world, made all things, well.
Genesis 1:20 (NIV) And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
Genesis 1:31a (NIV).. God saw all that he made, and it was very good...
(C) Chrissy Siggee