<TITLE>11. Par 122-130</TITLE>L-122   And how I begin, get, carry on. I wasn't just playing the hypocrite. I felt good, and I wanted to give vent to myself. And I was hollering, "Praise God!" and around, around the tree. I guess they thought they had a maniac in the woods, if somebody would have come up. But I didn't care who was there. I was feeling good, and I wanted to rejoice in the Lord.

L-123 And I think I excited that little squirrel. And, he, I guess he never seen anything like that. Not only squirrels, but a lot of other people never seen anything like that, or even human beings. And here I was, going around. I guess I was a funny-looking sight, but I was feeling all right. And then he was setting there, all humped up, and chattering at me. His little eyes bugged out on his cheek, almost.

L-124 I said, "Don't get excited. I was just worshipping our Creator. Set down. Do the same thing. You'll feel better." And then the little guy set down. I thought, "Don't you see? Look. Here it is. Put your hands up and praise the Lord." I said...

L-125   I happened to notice. He wasn't looking at me. He was holding his head down, looking like that. I thought, "Well, what's the little fellow looking at?" And the storm had blowed and forced a big eagle down, in this blow-down. And that's what he was excited about, that eagle crawling around, that brush down there.

L-126 So I thought, "Now, Lord, I see You in the rainbow. I see You in the sunset. I hear You in the call of the animals. And now, how would I ever see You in that eagle? Are You in that eagle? And why did You stop me from praising You?" See, God does everything right. He knowed I'd tell this someday. And there He was. This big eagle jumped up on a--a limb, and he looked at me. And I thought, "My, I admire him. He's not afraid."

L-127   I admire anything that's not afraid. God can't use a coward. If you are too much of a coward to testify before your boss, before anybody else, and ashamed of Jesus Christ, He can't use you, if you're ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I think like Paul said, "I'm not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, for It's the power of God unto salvation to every one that believes."

L-128 Some people can carry on, in church; but when they get outside, they're deflated. Now, that kind of religion is no good. That's just to make a show. It's got to be lived.

L-129 And then I noticed this big eagle. He wasn't afraid. I thought, "Well, you know what? Aren't you afraid of me?" Them great big gray eyes looking at me, I thought, "Why ain't you afraid?" I said, "I could get my gun here and shoot you." I said, "Aren't you afraid of me?" And he just... He wasn't noticing me. He was watching that squirrel. He'd look back at me, and then look at the squirrel. I thought, "I'm getting tired of that noise, too. Are you?" And so he just kept watching, back and forth.

L-130   And after while, I thought, "What makes him so--so sure?" I noticed he kept feeling his wings, you know, fluffing his feathers in his wings. Uh-huh. See, there it is. See, he had a God-given gift, them wings. And he knowed, before I could put my hand on that rifle, he could be in that timber. See? And he wasn't scared, as long as he could feel the--the strength that God had given him, to go to safety.


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