HYMNS ON THE SOUND- a Ron Hamilton favorite: "Wings as Eagles" An eagle has a wingspan of 8 feet. It doesn't have to flap its wings frantically like other birds. It simply stretches out its wings and soars-allowing it to fly vast distances with very little energy. When a storm comes, updrafts from invisible currents called thermal columns lift the eagle higher and higher into the sky, rising above the storm, sometimes more than 15,000 feet. Worry wears us out like the continual flapping of birds