Well THIS has been an adventure ! I would be the first to admit that I am technologically challenged, but when we set out to start a new blog, things got weird. We made some executive decisions and here we are again. The focus of the original "Over the Bay" was not necessarily "spiritual", but from this point, I intend to make it a little more so.

But first, a little geography lesson for those who do not call the Northwest home (or maybe if you do). Within a few hundred yards of our house is a body of water named "Drayton Harbor". On the other end of Harborview Road is another body of water named "Birch Bay". Just a few miles out Semiahmoo (Do the best you can with this Native American word) Parkway and there is a "spit" of land that separates the aforementioned "Drayton Harbor" and "Semiahmoo Bay". This lesson will be profitable to you in later

On the way out Semiahmoo Parkway, there are several trees that have been stripped of their greenery and most of their limbs. There is at least one pair of bald eagles that perch in these trees throughout the year. Other eagles visit the spit in the Spring and Fall. We enjoy their presence, but we keep the cat indoors.

All of that to remind you of Isaiah 40:31. If you have ever had the opportunity to watch an eagle launch from a tree limb or to do a "touch and go" as he (or she) is catching food, you have a wonderful picture of the power of patience in the life of the believer. I like the word "wait", too. It is more than just sitting still. It is waiting with expectation, just as the eagle waits. While he waits, he also watches. While we wait, we ought to watch as well.