{"id":6856,"date":"2016-02-25T06:41:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T06:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=6856"},"modified":"2016-02-23T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T08:50:13","slug":"a-baby-eagle-risks-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/a-baby-eagle-risks-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Baby Eagle Risks His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A day arrives in the life of the baby eagle when he is fledged and ready for take off from the nest that has been a safe haven. He must take this risk and learn to fly or he will starve. His parents will soon stop feeding him and he must also to learn to hunt. A few days before take off he has been exercising his wing muscles and feeling uplift, but on the day he must take a step of faith.<\/p>\n<p>During our Christian lives we also reach crunch points where we must take off in order to grow and develop as a unique member of Christ`s body in the way that God has created us. The Christian life is an adventure and that may well mean leaving our comfort zone.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/goingslo\/5810673577\" target=\"_blank\">Linda Tanner<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\">CC BY 2.0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/50plus\/a-baby-eagle-risks-his-life\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day arrives in the life of the baby eagle when he is fledged and ready for take off from the nest that has been a safe haven. 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