The mother eagle teachers her little ones to fly by making their nest so uncomfortable that they are forced to leave it and commit themselves to the unknown world of air outside. An just so does our God to us.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Hannah Whitall Smith, (Feb 7 1832-1911), US evangelist, reformer, suffragist, author; She championed feminist causes and the right of young women to attend college; co-founded Women's Christian Temperance Union.