When Rachel and Samuel are ripped
from their parents and their home and thrown into a life of the unknown, they
are filled with fear and pain, and Samuel is filled with guilt. It is crushing
to them because all they see is their wonderful past and tragic present. Their
fear comes because they can only imagine their future based on what they know of themselves at that moment. They know only a fraction of their inherited identity, and only a fraction of their
potential, or their destiny.
If they could turn the pages of
this book to see who they really are, and what they will be able to do, they
would rise on eagles wings and soar through the trials they faced.
Similarly, if we too, could turn
the pages of our story, to see who we really are and what we are capable of, we too, would soar on eagles wings through the tragedies that we face.
I think, like Samuel, some of us
are given a taste, a glimpse, just an “itch” that we are greater than we know,
that there is more to our souls—our lives—than what we do each day. But do we
go to the correct source to find those answers?
If Samuel had gone to his father to
discover his true identity and his purpose and destiny, his life could have
avoided much tragedy, sorrow and guilt. How many of us turn to the world to
find our destiny, when instead, we could avoid the pains of the world by going
straight to our Father who will open our eyes to see the incredible son or
daughter of God that we are, made in His
likeness, with His gifts, born with a destiny beyond our greatest dreams.
So, these are just my thoughts. What are yours? . . .