https://anitamathias.com Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:57:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://anitamathias.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Anita_lgr_hi_res_square_512-32x32.jpg https://anitamathias.com 32 32 https://anitamathias.com/2013/02/16/living-in-the-updraft-of-the-wild-goose-of-the-holy-spirit/ https://anitamathias.com/2013/02/16/living-in-the-updraft-of-the-wild-goose-of-the-holy-spirit/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:37:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=41972 Wild Geese fly in a V formation. The lead goose reduces the wind resistance; the others glide, almost effortlessly, in the currents she has created. During a storm, the eagle waits perched on the edge of its nest for the wind to gain sufficient velocity. And then it spreads its wings wide and effortlessly glides […]

The post Living in the Updraft of the Wild Goose of the Holy Spirit first appeared on Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires.]]> https://anitamathias.com/2013/02/16/living-in-the-updraft-of-the-wild-goose-of-the-holy-spirit/feed/ 5 https://anitamathias.com/2012/10/08/the-eagle-at-the-edge-of-its-nest-discerning-gods-will-and-moving-blogs/ https://anitamathias.com/2012/10/08/the-eagle-at-the-edge-of-its-nest-discerning-gods-will-and-moving-blogs/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:32:13 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=32729   The eagle waits at the edge of its nest for the winds of the storm to gain velocity. Once the storm is strong enough, it spreads its magnificent wings, and allows the storm to carry it where it wills. By waiting for the wind to gain velocity before it flies, “it can run and […]

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