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 had refused to abandon her babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast...because she had been willing to die, so 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)
Those who are faithful can always count on the Lord, even more than these
chicks could count on their mother.
Gods care for those He has created.
Isaiah 55:7-8 (KJV) Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will
have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my
ways, saith the LORD.
Psalms 37:28 (KJV) For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his
saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked
shall be cut off.
2 Chronicles 15:2 (KJV) And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him,
Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you,
while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you;
but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Proverbs 3:3-6 (KJV) Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about
thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: So shalt thou
find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct
thy paths.
Hebrews 13:5-6 (KJV) Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be
content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never
leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord
is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Isaiah 42:16 (KJV) And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not;
I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make
darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These
things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Psalms 27:10 (KJV) When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD
will take me up.
Psalms 94:14 (KJV) For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will
he forsake his inheritance.
Deuteronomy 31:6 (KJV) Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be
afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with
thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deuteronomy 31:8 (KJV) And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he
will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee:
fear not, neither be dismayed.
Psalms 121:4-8 (KJV) Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber
nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy
right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by
night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall
preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy
coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure
it even more when you can share it with someone Special.
-j pillay
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