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On Eagles Wings


But those who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary,
 they shall walk and not faint.
 Isaiah 40:31 

As of yet I haven't been able to schedule an appointment for a COVID vaccination. Moreover, I am confused. It seems the virus is mutating into something more easily spread and more dangerous. It feels as though the vaccine can't be produced and distributed fast enough. 

I am confused when people resist getting vaccinated. Some simply resist any vaccine and some resist for political reasons even though science has shown a virus may be controlled, but not necessarily leave the body. For example, after having childhood measles people may experience a shingles outbreak.

I wonder how we will ever get back to normal. I wonder about grief over losses and the long-term impact on mental health.

Isaiah was writing for the Israelites who were lamenting their situation of captivity. They felt abandoned by God. They were weary and exhausted in their circumstances.

Isaiah reminds them;
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
Instead, Isaiah says,
He gives power to the faint,
    and strengthens the powerless.
 They shall mount up with wings like eagles

He reminds the Israelites God gives them power and  strength to rise and dip  and soar as does an eagle. God has not abandoned them in their circumstances, but has been with them from the "foundations of the earth".

With certainty I say, we may be impatient, confused, and wondering about the Covid virus and vaccine, but we have known and heard that as we wait for the Lord, we will be given strength. Like an eagle soaring above a storm, so the Lord will strengthen our spirits through our impatience, confusion, and wondering. 

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