<TITLE>10. Par 29-31</TITLE>L-29 And I noticed that big eagle, those great big velvet gray eyes like, as he rolled back and forth, watching that pine squirrel, and watching me. And I thought, "Well, now, Mr. Eagle, you're God's creature, so what a--a... What--what did you appear here for?" And the little pine squirrel acted like he was going to tear that eagle to pieces. Now, he couldn't do it; he was only about that big. The eagle just picked him up and flew away, if he wished to. So, but, oh, how he was just a jumping up-and-down. And I watched.
And the big eagle watched me, and then he looked at the pine squirrel. Then he looked at me. And I thought, "Well, one thing I can admire in the eagle; he's brave. I know that. That's one thing godly about it." Christians are not cowards. They believe God. They stand on what He says. And God's not a coward. And He can't use cowards in His army. You got to be brave and stand right up to it, believe Him, take and trust in His Word, not knowing where you're going, but you know you're going His way.
And then I noticed this eagle. I thought, "What makes you so brave?" I said to him. I said, "Did you know I could shoot you?" And he didn't pay any attention to me. But he looked like he'd watch that squirrel, and then watch me. And I thought, "Well, what makes him so brave?" And I kept noticing him moving his wings, seeing that his wings was in operation condition.
I said, "I see it, Lord." He trusts in a God-given something that was give to him. God gave him two wings to take him away from danger. And as long as he can feel those wings are in running order, what does he care about danger? I thought, "If a...?... eagle could do that with two wings, what ought a man to do that's borned again with the Holy Ghost." What ought trouble to harm him? As long as you can feel He's around, there's no condemnation. What does diseases or anything else matter to? What does criticism? What must people... You expect it. Sure, that's what you was given. That's what the eagle was given his wings for to fly away from trouble.

L-30 Well, finally, I said to him, "Do you know I'm quicker with this gun than you are with your wings?"
He just as much as looked at me and said, "Try it once." 'Cause he knew the only thing he had to do was get in that timber and he'd be lost from me. So I grabbed my gun like that. He watched me, moved those wings. I thought, "Oh, big bird, I wouldn't shoot you. I admire you."

L-31 I admire anything that's got courage. Anything I don't like is a wishy-washy, so called, Christian. That's right. I like a man or a woman, say, "It's God's Word. I believe It. I humbly accept It. And I believe It and live by It." God, grant the day when men and women will be just what they profess to be. If I wasn't for Christ, I'd be here today against Him, but I believe Him. I'm ready to die for the--the hope that lies within me of Him.
And then, I noticed him a little while, and he got tired of listening to that little old squirrel. So he just gave one or two big jumps like that, and flopped his wings about twice, he was through the timber. And then something take--took place that I shall never forget. How that big kingly bird, he never flopped no more; he just spread out his wings. And he knew just how to set them. And every wind wave that come in, he just lifted up, up, up. He left that little old earthbound chattering chipmunk, or pine squirrel, setting there on the log. And he knowed just how to set his wings. He didn't flop and try. He just set his wings. And when the waves of air come in, he just rode up. And I watched him go up, up, until he was just a little spot. He couldn't hear that chatter no more.


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