Under
HIS Wings
An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating
picture of God's wings.. . After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park,
forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's
damage.
One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely
on the ground at the base of a tree. Somewhat sickened by
the eerie sight,
he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he struck it,
three tiny chicks
scurried from under their dead mother's wings. The loving
mother, keenly
aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base
of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing
that the
toxic smoke would rise. She could have flown to safety but
had refused to
abandon her babies. When the blaze had arrived and the heat
had scorched
her small body, the mother had remained steadfast.
Because she had been willing to die, those under the cover of her
wings would live...
"He will cover you with his feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge..." (Psalm 91:4)
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