Wings of Fire

John said that a hermit saw in a rapture three monks standing on the edge of the sea and a voice came to them from the other side saying, "Take wings of fire and come to me." The first two did so and reached the other shore, but the third stayed where he was crying and weeping.

Later on, wings were given to him also, not of fire but weak and feeble so that he reached the other shore with great difficulty, sometimes in the water, sometimes over it.

So it is with the present generation: the wings they are give are not of fire, they are weak and feeble.

~~Photo Wings of Fire by Aike Voelker