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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, that those under the cover of her wings would
live...
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