But those who wait on 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

"I've got sound bites in my head," my sister always says. I guess that I have, too. Maybe we all do. But every time I hear the text about 'wings of eagles' and about running and not fainting, I think about an old story animated and broadcast by "Your Story Hour" (*see below).

A little boy almost lost his legs in a fire way back when they used to heat school houses with pop belly stoves. However his mother refused to let the doctor amputate.

Sure enough, beyond belief, the little boy grew up to be a man, walking, running— He even ran and won Olympic races!

I know. But it's a true story.

Not everybody faced with physical challenges is going to be allowed to overcome them on earth. We've seen examples recently, in the past; we'll probably continue seeing them. We press on, because we know that the meaning of life cannot be found within the flesh.

Still, with the promise of all things being made new, we see even further than the edges of the gritty, crusty world, into a different place where the term 'perfection' is legitimate. And everybody flies.
 

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