Psalm 27
Psalm 118:26-29
Matthew 23:37-39
An article in National Geographic many years ago reported on the destruction after a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park. Forest rangers began their hike up a mountain to assess the fire’s damage. One ranger found an eagle literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree. Somewhat disturbed by the eerie sight, he knocked the ashy corpse with a stick.
When he hit it, three tiny chicks ran out from under their dead mother's wings. The loving mother, aware of impending disaster, had carried her little chicks 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 fire arrived and the heat had scorched her body to ash, the mother remained steadfast. Because she had been willing to die, those under the cover of her wings lived. CC
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