I saw two eagles and a hawk in the field.
Driving home past evergreens and snow-crusted fields of the wild Northlands I stumbled into a Terry Redlin painting. As my car broke through a sentry of pine trees lining MN Highway 200 in Norman County, I did a double -take at the scene unfolding before me. There were two bald eagles, of that I am sure, working on some recent road kill a few hundred feet off of the highway. The third seemed to most-closely resemble a hawk of sorts. As I hit my brakes and came to a halt on the otherwise-deserted stretch of road, the creatures took flight and began to circle overhead. Anyone with even a little exposure to the birds in this area knows how rare it is to even catch a glimpse of one. So to encounter two bald eagles within a stone's throw in the same place on the same day is truly something amazing.
The view was only mine for a few precious minutes, quickly fleeting at my feeble attempts to turn it into something tangible. Yet it was there. And it was beautiful. I'm never really sure what to do with moments like this, even as answers to prayers. Is it supposed to be some profound metaphor for my life, where I am at, or where I am going? Am I to someday soar as an eagle? Or maybe it was intended to reveal God's character through the majesty of nature?
I don't know...and I don't know. But I do know I am thankful. And I do think that it is OK just to trust. Even if for now that means simply reveling in the mysterious beauty of His creation.
