Flying at high altitude
The pilots of early aeroplanes tell us that one of the first rules of aeronautics is to learn to turn their planes towards the wind, and fly against it. The wind lifts the planes up to higher heights. Where did they learn that? They learned it from studying the habits of birds. If a bird is flying for pleasure, it goes with the wind. But if the bird meets danger, it turns right around and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher; and it flies away towards the very sun.
Sufferings are God’s winds, His contrary winds, sometimes His strong winds. They are God’s hurricanes, but, they take human life and lift it to higher levels and towards God’s heavens.
John.
