What is it about the eagle that fascinates all of us?  Is it the shear strength that an eagle possesses? Or the fact that it is so large yet graceful?  It is almost impossible for us not to stop and look up when we see an eagle soaring high above the tree tops.  We all wonder about what it would be like to be as free and unrestricted as this most majestic bird.

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There are many different ways to interperet love. The love of a spouse, the love of parents, the love of a friend, the love of oneself. Probably the hardest of these is to love thyself. Remember in the New Testament when Jesus says, "Love your neighbor as yourself"? Interestingly, he doesn't say love your neighbor more than yourself. If we want to truly share our love with the world we must first love ourselves.

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The start of a new year always brings about: soul searching, reaching, climbing, and thoughts of changing the way we did things last year. It also brings: hope, expectation, optimism, and possibility.

As we begin filling in our crisp and clean calendars we are all wishing at some level for change. This is the way the Great God of Heaven created us, so we would, "Go forth and prosper." Thomas A. Edison tells us, "If we did all of the things we are capable of doing we would astound ourselves." And Jesus himself tells us, with the faith the size of a tiny, tiny mustard seed we can tell a huge and enormous mountain to throw itself into the sea and it shall be done.

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