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BUZZARD? BAT? BUMBLEBEE?

A friend shared these weird facts that remind me of people:

If you put a buzzard in a 6' x 8' pen that is entirely open at the top, the bird will be an absolute prisoner. Why? A buzzard always begins a flight from the ground, with a run of 10 to 12 feet. Without space to run, it will not even attempt to fly.

A bat flies very well, but cannot take off from a level place. If it's on the ground, it just lays there or shuffles about helplessly. If it isn't on the slightest elevation from which it can throw itself
into the air, it remains flightless.

A bumblebee dropped into an open glass will be there forever. It never sees the means of escape at the top. It keeps trying to find some way out through the sides. It won't climb. It will seek a way where none exists, until it completely destroys itself.

If your dreams aren't coming true right now, can you take a hint from these creatures? If you can't find the way, why are you still trying with the old way? Are you stuck in a fruitless habit? We'd all be free to fly if we'd just do one thing: look up. That's where the answers are. That's where life finds wings.

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Prayer request: A dear lady in the Omaha area, Kathy Holkeboer, is gearing up to produce the Voters Information Packet (online at www.voterinformation.org) again for this round of elections. Lord, give her strength, wisdom and diligence, and send lots of volunteers as she completes this priceless service. (2 Peter 1:5)