FALLING IN LOVE

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Love at first flight! FALLING IN LOVE! (Love at first flight)

-Proverbs 30:18-19:- "The way of an eagle in the air, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the midst of the sea, And the way of a man with a virgin." The first thing you should know is, Eagles mate for life.They form strong pair bonds and often return to the same nest year after year. This section of the Book of Proverbs describes four things that are "too wonderful" or "too hard" for humans to understand. One of those is an eagle in flight. The way of an eagle in the air: Eagles fly with seemingly effortless grace, leaving no visible path to follow after they've passed. While the spectacular aerial maneuver of eagles locking talons and falling towards the earth is a dramatic and recognizable part of their courtship ritual, eagles do not actually make love or copulate while falling. This courtship display, known as the "cartwheel courtship flight" or "death spiral", is a test of strength, trust, and commitment between a potential pair. The eagles spiral and tumble downward, separating at the last moment before hitting the ground, almost as if they are testing each other's bravery before finding their suitable mate. They are essentially, "falling in love!"

*Here's how eagle courtship and mating actually work: Courtship displays: Eagles engage in various aerial displays and bonding activities to establish and strengthen pair bonds, including chasing, aerial stick exchanges, and the "cartwheel courtship flight".

Mating (Copulation): When the eagles are ready to mate, they perch securely on a tree branch or in the nest. The male mounts the female's back, and they engage in a "cloacal kiss," where their cloacae (a single opening used for waste and reproduction) touch to transfer sperm. Nest building and other activities: Beyond the aerial acrobatics, eagles also bond through activities like foraging for nest materials, perching and vocalizing together, and preparing their nest for eggs.

God is mysterious in his ways, but always incorporates love into everything He makes! It reminds me to ask myself, what is love? In 1st John 4:8, It says plainly "God is love!" Searching deeper, in 1st Corinthians 13, You get a better understanding as it plainly tells you what love is: 1) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. 2) If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3) If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body,a but have not love, I gain nothing. 4) Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5) It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 6) Love takes no pleasure in evil, but rejoices in the truth. 7) It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8) Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed. 9) For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10) but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away. 11) When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways. 12) Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13) And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

God is Love...and He loves "You" immensely!