Celebrate with Anticipation
Journal 2005 03 26
Celebrate with Anticipation
Swans and geese fly north returning from warmer winter refuges to their summer ranges. The precision of their formations and the numbers of birds in the air raised the sense of readiness for the men waiting to move west. The journals don’t record the numbers of birds flying north. However, the Midwest is a huge “flyway” and the numbers of migratory birds is still awe inspiring. In 1805 it was even more so because of the sheer volume of birds following this instinctive highway of air. A sign of changing seasons for the young men about to leave behind the confining life of winter.
All hands are employed in preparing to depart Fort Mandan. Canoes are loaded and moved the mile and a half to the river. Some chiefs come to smoke pipe and visit with the Captains. The men dance nearly every night much to the amusement of the visitors.
Young men anticipating the end of winter and renewed adventure were filled with joy and high spirits. Dancing and celebration is the outward expression of a winter spent waiting to move out and conquer the unknown land to the west.
The ice on the river continues to break up. Watching it becomes almost sport to the men of the Corp. Ice repeatedly jams the river causing it to temporarily rise until the press of water from above breaks it free again. These men know they will go nowhere until the river is flowing cleanly. The flowing ice would destroy their boats and canoes.
Clark records the first significant rain on the 23rd. The temperature reaches 46 today. Spring is coming, yet sub-freezing temperatures still greet every morning.
Anticipation rules the day.
Pastor Norm has been speaking of “hope deferred”, unfulfilled anticipation. What are we anticipating after a long winter? In our civilized, climate controlled world do we even recognize that winter has come, naturally retarding our ability to advance? Have you let the Holy Spirit of God hold back that which He desires you to anticipate? Or are you constantly haranguing Him for not fulfilling your desires, the object of your anticipation?
We have been called to celebrate, much like the men of the Corps of Discovery anticipating the coming of renewed adventure, in anticipation of Godly adventure.
Here we have an example of God-breathed withholding, a building of hope-deferred and the celebration that precedes hope-renewed.
Look up to the skies and see the signs of renewed vision. In the natural world it is embodied in the uncountable numbers of v-formations flown by birds of the air. In the spiritual world, we look to the heavenlies for signs that fuel our anticipation. Pray. Look up. Anticipate the intervention and manifestation of angelic action as signs of hope renewed. Enter into celebration with high anticipation of entering into the unknown with renewed adventure and a real sense of a mission to accomplish in the power of His Holy Spirit.
Celebrate with Anticipation
Swans and geese fly north returning from warmer winter refuges to their summer ranges. The precision of their formations and the numbers of birds in the air raised the sense of readiness for the men waiting to move west. The journals don’t record the numbers of birds flying north. However, the Midwest is a huge “flyway” and the numbers of migratory birds is still awe inspiring. In 1805 it was even more so because of the sheer volume of birds following this instinctive highway of air. A sign of changing seasons for the young men about to leave behind the confining life of winter.
All hands are employed in preparing to depart Fort Mandan. Canoes are loaded and moved the mile and a half to the river. Some chiefs come to smoke pipe and visit with the Captains. The men dance nearly every night much to the amusement of the visitors.
Young men anticipating the end of winter and renewed adventure were filled with joy and high spirits. Dancing and celebration is the outward expression of a winter spent waiting to move out and conquer the unknown land to the west.
The ice on the river continues to break up. Watching it becomes almost sport to the men of the Corp. Ice repeatedly jams the river causing it to temporarily rise until the press of water from above breaks it free again. These men know they will go nowhere until the river is flowing cleanly. The flowing ice would destroy their boats and canoes.
Clark records the first significant rain on the 23rd. The temperature reaches 46 today. Spring is coming, yet sub-freezing temperatures still greet every morning.
Anticipation rules the day.
Pastor Norm has been speaking of “hope deferred”, unfulfilled anticipation. What are we anticipating after a long winter? In our civilized, climate controlled world do we even recognize that winter has come, naturally retarding our ability to advance? Have you let the Holy Spirit of God hold back that which He desires you to anticipate? Or are you constantly haranguing Him for not fulfilling your desires, the object of your anticipation?
We have been called to celebrate, much like the men of the Corps of Discovery anticipating the coming of renewed adventure, in anticipation of Godly adventure.
Here we have an example of God-breathed withholding, a building of hope-deferred and the celebration that precedes hope-renewed.
Look up to the skies and see the signs of renewed vision. In the natural world it is embodied in the uncountable numbers of v-formations flown by birds of the air. In the spiritual world, we look to the heavenlies for signs that fuel our anticipation. Pray. Look up. Anticipate the intervention and manifestation of angelic action as signs of hope renewed. Enter into celebration with high anticipation of entering into the unknown with renewed adventure and a real sense of a mission to accomplish in the power of His Holy Spirit.
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