Like many inspiring movies and books, this short story is fictional. However, the impact that this work will have on its readers is very real. Enjoy!

God's Wings

Author Unknown

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.

This selfless gesture reminds us of the miraculous ways God works in our lives when we follow His way. He asks us to put others first and love others, and the tragic sacrifice a mother would make for her babies is such a beautiful example of this love in action.

Psalms 91:4

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