The Ultimate
Gift
A little
something to put things in
perspective...
After a
forest fire
in
Yellowstone National Park,
The 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 the 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.
She was
willing to die, so 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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