"Consider the eagle, born to fly. A natural yearning within the breast of the young eagle leads it to mount up on wings and ascend into the sky with a thousand feet of clean air beneath its wings. The eagle may, on occasion, walk on the ground or perch in a tree, but everything about him is designed to fly in the air. If our eagle had its wings clipped, preventing him from flying, he still would have the burning desire to mount up on wings and ascend into the sky. his ability, however, would be so impaired that he could never lift off the ground. He could not be true to his nature.
     Such is the plight of humanity. We are born to ascend into the very environment of God's presence where we belong; but something has clipped our wings, disabling us from responding to the cry from within. 'Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are going over me' (Ps. 42:7). Because man is shut out of the presence of God, he suffers many maladies."                                                                                             A.W. Tozer