An article in National Geographic several years ago provided
a penetrating picture of God's 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 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 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