This big fellow posed for several pictures before finally taking flight . . . and what a flight! I couldn’t help but think of how I was forced to take flight also, leaving my comfortable and safe hometown of Waskish to move to the large and scary city of St. Paul to attend Bible College. Many times in life we are forced to take flight from safe and familiar surroundings to venture into the unknown.

Leaving our comfort zones is an absolute must to arriving at the next stop in life, whatever that may be. The parent bald eagle literally pushes the young eaglets out of the nest, forcing them to learn to fly.