Looking at our
drawing of an aeroplane and a hang glider, I asked the child, “Do you think the
aeroplane is faster or the hang glider is faster?” The child said, “Of course
the hand glider is faster! The aeroplane is too heavy with so many inside it.” I
smiled, internalizing the logic of a powerful man-made jet engine and the
gentleness of the uplifting wind, then the song “It’s a long road to freedom”
by Medical Mission Sisters came to my mind. I ponder on the lyrics “walk in
love with the wind on your wing” with an image of a soaring eagle found in “Isaiah
40:30-31 Even youths grow tired and
weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will
renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and
not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”
~ Clara, The Clallery
“It’s a long road to freedom” by
Medical Mission Sisters
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txK5ZazkJBU)
It's a long road to freedom, a
winding steep and high
But when you walk in love with the
wind on your wing
And cover the earth with the songs
you sing
The miles fly by
I walked one morning by the sea
And all the waves reached out to me
I took their tears, then let them
be
It's a long road to freedom, a
winding steep and high
But when you walk in love with the
wind on your wing
And cover the earth with the songs
you sing
The miles fly by
I walked one morning at the dawn
When bits of night still lingered
on
I sought my star, but it was gone
It's a long road to freedom, a
winding steep and high
But when you walk in love with the
wind on your wing
And cover the earth with the songs
you sing
The miles fly by
I walked one morning with a friend
And prayed the day would never end
The years have flown so why pretend
It's a long road to freedom, a
winding steep and high
But when you walk in love with the
wind on your wing
And cover the earth with the songs
you sing
The miles fly by
I walked one morning with my king
And all my winters turned to spring
Yet every moment held its sting
It's a long road to freedom, a
winding steep and high
But when you walk in love with the
wind on your wing
And cover the earth with the songs
you sing
The miles fly by