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 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. When the blaze hadarrived
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...Source
~ National Geographic
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"He will cover you with his feathers,
and under his wings you will find refuge;..."
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