 
An article in
National Geographic several years ago
inadvertently depicted a very penetrating picture
of God's loving "wings".
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 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,
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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