The art of being able to fly is the art of being able to close your eyes and go wherever you wish to go. To stand on the edge of nothing, look into the distance and just let go!
We all build up a memory bank of images – places we have been to, seen in books or movies, perhaps even places we have read about.
Through the simple act of bringing these images to the forefront of our thoughts we can visit these places at will. We simply lean our imagination in the direction in which we want to go and ‘take off’. Suddenly we have the birds as company, when, like superman we are capable of flying centimetres off the ground, skirting around objects with the ease of a seasoned professional and over-flying the images of the places we have chosen to visit!
And the best part of it all – you cannot crash! Landings are safe and the whole flight is environmentally friendly.
The ability to embark on such journeys during lockdown does wonders for the cabin fever that builds up occasionally.
But there is more to it than that.
Being able to fly to destinations in our brain, opens up the possibility of flying with God. Of having the Trinity as wingmen flying in formation with you.
This is not a journey into the past, nor an attempt to fly into the future. It is in the here and now. A chance to connect to God in a very real way and explore the world around us as it is ‘now’. It is an opportunity to enjoy the exhilarating feeling of flight with a God who knows our every emotion and desire. The God of our creation made us so that we could fly with our imagination, why then would He not want to fly alongside us?
Flying with Him during lockdown, we may discover a wilderness of whispers has turned into a river of dreams to be fulfilled.
