Under The Wing Of Love

An article on National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of God's wings... After a forest fire in yellowstone National part, 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 knowing that the toxic smoke will rise. She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. When the blaze arrived 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.