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AN EAGLE AT THE WEST END OF LAKE LOUISETHE EAGLE RETURNS
Eagles are back on the shores of Lake Louise Christian Community. Not just eagles. Loons are back as well. Beyond the eagles and the loons, the black bear have been showing up in increasing numbers. Every time I see one of these magnificent creatures I remember back to my youth when hardly an eagle existed in all of Michigan. I remember when Lake Louise (Thumb Lake) never heard the cry of a loon in the morning. The return of these creatures is powerfully reassuring to me. God's creation is resilient if it is anything. Given a chance, nature fights to rebound after a time of distress.
This is the focus of my life at the present moment. Rebounding after a time of distress. The pedometer is on my shoe and Terry and I are challenging each other to WALK each and every day. With the exception of last Monday when my body decided to pass another kidney stone, I feel liberated to reclaim health and vigor.
I have found that this process through Terry's bout with cancer has changed my outlook and my aspirations. My focus is on each day as it comes. I find a desire to take time to process things and to be less reactive. I have found a peace in knowing that I am doing my best as God has given me the ability. I find it easier to seek forgiveness when the challenge before me is beyond my capabilities. This is a spirit I have not known in some time.
Today is Father's Day. It has been the best Father's Day in recent memory. It was not special because we gathered together as a family. That was not possible. Mary is with Andrew in Baltimore getting ready to move to a new job in New York state. Carl is in the middle of leading Motown Mission for 75 young adults in Detroit. I felt blessed as a father/parent because our children are making an important contribution to the world and finding their own ways to move the world in God's direction. What better blessing could anyone hope for?
The eagle has returned to Lake Louise. Resilience is the order of the day.
Dave Gladstone