They Shall Mount Up with Wings Like Eagles: Theological Studies

Our lives become truly beautiful when we have people around us who do not want to impose their own image and likeness on us with a hammer and chisel, but who help us spread our wings with their encouraging presence. People who trust in us and believe that we too can spread our wings through our own efforts. We need the good and beautiful words to give our wings a boost. But there is someone in the depths who is constantly at work, without a break. He is the Eternal God who never tires and never fails. When we are weary, He pours His Spirit into us and increases our strength (cf. Is 40:28). God trusts in man, and this trust gives him wings. If we continue to trust in him, we can always hope for the strength of our wings. He helps us to overcome everything that would break our wings. He lifts us up to see more, to see deeper. Those who give themselves to God's impulse can soar like eagles (as the title of the volume, Is 40:31, says). And from above they can see at least a shining fragment of the mystery. When they return to their daily lives, they will be light bearers for the world.