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2007年05月30日
Japanese Mountains: A Mother Nighthawk
Yesterday morning when I was rock climbing I heard a loud hissing. I looked around and saw nothing and tried to continue only to hear it again even louder. When I looked closely I was about to step on a mother nighthawk who was guarding her eggs with her life. No matter how close I came she refused to budge-the eggs or chicks she was guarding were more important to her than her own life.
I at once thought of Jesus dying on the cross and giving up His own life that we might live. I also thought of the present culture we are living in where every day there seems to be news about some mother deserting her child so that she can do whatever selfish thing it is that she wants to do.
I also thought of the importance of knowing our priorities-what is really important and what is not. This little grey bird in front of me did not have any problem with that-she knew her priority was to guard her eggs no matter what.
With lots of things to think about I left the mother nighthawk to her task of guarding her eggs and continued on with my climb. I had come just to get some physical exercise but ended up learning a whole lot of other things. PTL!
投稿者 bethany : 2007年05月30日 13:26
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