I love spring. I love the sight of new leaves growing on the trees, branches once bare, now sprouting out with beautiful colors. The idea of birth, "rebirth," new chances and possibilities. And today - a special treat. Watching an eagle preparing her nest while patiently waiting for her babies to make an appearance. As interesting as it is, I must admit that I did not realize it would be so mesmerizing. How often has one said "if only I could be a fly on the wall"? And in this case we are - all 250,000 of us watching this eagle sit patiently on her eggs. Didn't even realize how much time was passing until I began to wonder what was happening to the color. Of course, it is night time now. The cameras recording the events are enveloped in the night's darkness. Yet she waits and prepares. Sometimes so patiently that it appears as if I am looking at a screensaver and not an actual live feed. As I write, she appears to sleep. Her head slowly lowers closer to the nest, very slowly. Asleep, but aware. What an awesome opportunity, to view nature at its finest. To realize that there has to be some kind of plan, some design. This mother eagle knows instinctly what is expected, what is necessary, what is expected. And manages to communicate beautifully with the male eagle that swoops in and out of our view.
And like the mother eagle, we too must often wait and prepare patiently for God's plan to reveal itself. But reveal itself it will - as it is all part of the grand design.
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