28/04/2012
This Eagle Story is about a
wounded Eaglet who was rescued
by a kind farmer.D Farmer found d
Eaglet in one of his fields, and so
took it home, tended to his
wounds, and then placed it
outside in the barnyard to
recover.
Strangely enough,d Eaglet soon
adapted to the habits of all the
barnyard chickens. It learnt to
walk and cluck like chickens,to
drink from a trough and peck the
dirt for food, and for many years
it peacefully resigned itsef to this
new life on the farm and grew up
to become a beautiful Eagle.
But then one day, one of the
farmer's friends spotted the Eagle
and asked, "Why in the world is
that Eagle acting like a Chicken?"
The farmer told him what had
happened,yet the friend could
hardly accept the situation.
"It's just not right," said the
friend. "God made that Eagle to
soar in the sky, not scavenge in
the barnyard!" So he picked up
the unsuspecting Eagle, climbed
onto a nearby fence post, and
tossed it into the air. But the
confused Eagle just fell back to
earth and scurried off in search of
his feathered friends.
Undaunted, the friend then
grabbed the Eagle and climbed to
the top of the barn. As he heaved
it off the roof,the Eagle made a
few halfhearted squawks and
flaps before falling into a bale of
hay. After shaking his head a few
times, the Eagle then made itself
comfortable and began mindlessly
pecking at pieces of straw.
The friend went home that night
dejected, and could barely sleep as
he remembered the sight of those
powerful talons caked with
barnyard mud. He couldn't bear
the thought, so the very next day,
he headed back to the farm for
another try. This time he carried
the Eagle to the top of a nearby
mountain where the sky unfolded
in a limitless horizon.
He looked into the Eagle's eyes
and cried out, "Don't you
understand? You weren't made to
live like a Chicken! Why would you
want to stay down here when
you were born for the sky?" As
the man held the confused Eagle
aloft, he made sure the Eagle was
facing into the brilliant light of
the setting sun. Then he
powerfully heaved the bird into
the sky, and this time the Eagle
opened his wings, looked at the
sun, caught the updraft rising
from the valley, and disappeared
into the clouds of sky.
Moral ♥ :Do you know that we,
too, were born for some high
purpose in this life? God has called
us to live in the heights, yet too
many of us have huddled
together in the barnyard,not
struggling to search for our own
potential! Have a 9ce weekend!
