BaldE

Last week in a calm moment, Lance stopped and showed me the neighborhood Bald Eagle...I've only ever seen one on tv or in a picture so it was a great moment. I was then able to show it to my sister when she came to visit...we actually stopped a couple times to watch it soar and mostly watch it just sat there...but it was still cool...we started calling him BaldE...
If you're from around here and want to take a peek for yourself...just find the 5-8 Club and there is bound to be someone with a camera or binoculars pointed right at it.

Anyhow, Eagles make me think of strength and remind me of how God promises that "those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Which then prompted me to look up the word Eagle on Bible Gateway to see what else the Bible had to say about eagles. I found a passage that I love but had not really remembered mentioning an eagle. I included it below.

I got a pretty decent pic (considering) as I was heading into the 5-8 club to get a hamburger...check it out :)




Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.
For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.

As for man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.
But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children’s children,
to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.
The LORD has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.

Bless the LORD, O you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
Bless the LORD, all his hosts,
his ministers, who do his will!
Bless the LORD, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the LORD, O my soul!