I put in at the primitive boat ramp on the Little Bull Creek arm of Hillsdale Lake and paddled as far as I could up Little Bull Creek. It would be possible to paddle past the 235th St. Bridge, except for a huge logjam on the creek. I paddled to the logjam and then back. In all it is about a hour and a half trip. On the way back I paddled past the eagles nest on the north side of the lake. I noticed the bald eagle nesting in the huge nest. I snapped several pictures from different distances. As I was directly underneath the nest, she (I assume the bird was a she) took off in flight. I snapped a couple of pictures of her in flight. I assume she was protecting her young from the intruder in the bright yellow, orange, and red kayak. After taking the shots of our national emblem in flight, I got out of there pretty fast. The whole incident reminded me of the Scripture in Isaiah 40:31, "They that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint." It was an awesome sight to see the eagle mount up with wings and fly! But, that is what she was created to do (among other things)! I noticed that she did not flap her wings much. She just spread them and coasted on the air currents. If we are tired, weary, or just plain exhausted, we need only wait on the Lord, and we have the promise that we will be strengthened and be able to mount up with eagles wings. And once there, we should spread our wings and soar on those winds of adversity.
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