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manny15
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LAST EDITED ON Jun-20-08 AT 08:15PM (MST)[p]
havn't checked to see if this was true or not for all you crittics,
An article in National Geographic several years ago. 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 statuesque 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. 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, so those under the cover of her wings would live.
this story provides an interesting picture of God's wings...
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge' (Psalm 91:4)
havn't checked to see if this was true or not for all you crittics,
An article in National Geographic several years ago. 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 statuesque 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. 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, so those under the cover of her wings would live.
this story provides an interesting picture of God's wings...
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge' (Psalm 91:4)
