-THE WRIGHT
-STUFF --

-Genesis 1:1-23

Let birds fly above
the earth across the
face of the firmament
of the heavens.
--Genesis 1:20 -
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ON September 29, 1909, a young man took flight in a strange contraption that resembled a hugh box kite. As he gained altitude, the pilot manipulated the levers so he could fly over New York Harbor. People looked up in amazement. In the harbor, boats celebrated by sounding their steam whistles. Crowds near the Statue of Liberty exploded with cheers at the sight of Wilbur Wright taking a flight into the heavens.

Wilbur's brother Orville, who had piloted the first airplane flight 6 years earlier, reflected on their inspiration to fly: "The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who...looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacle, on the infinite highway of the air." The Wright brothers spent a great deal of time studying birds in flight before designing their planes.

In Genesis we read: "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (1:1). God said, "Let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens" (v.20).

We applaud the inventiveness of the Wright brothers Yet, the Creator, who made creatures capable of flight in the first place, deserves the ultimate glory--for the birds and for every other creation He has made!

Field and forest, vale and mountain,
Flow'ry meadow, flashing sea,
Soaring bird and flowing fountain
Call us to rejoice in Thee.
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-The design of creation points to the Master Designer. / JESUS IS LORD OVER ALL!

--ODB/DF