Wings Of Love
~Unknown~
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 gently 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. Then 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) |
