In The Bible the mother eagle is likened to God Himself. And when you study her ways you realize what a beautiful portrayal this is of the Father. In the preparation for the birth of her offspring, the Mother eagle builds her nest high in the mountains. She forms it with twigs, lines it with briars, then covers them with bits of fur and soft downy feathers plucked from her own breast. When the little eaglets burst into the world, they have it made.
Life is beautiful.
The mother's presence is reassuring, loving, powerful. And they grow in peace. Then after several weeks of bliss, the mother eagle starts stirring the nest with her sharp talons, digging out the soft feathers and fur, exposing the briars and leaving the bewildered eaglets in a state of shock. They begin to squirm and flutter trying to escape the sharp briars and somehow find refuge from this horrible nightmare thrust upon them. But no matter how hard they struggle to get comfortable again, the nest is now a place of suffering.