As a young man, I was traveling by canoe down one of the inland rivers near the head of a rather high water-fall. The water was beginning to flow quite swiftly at this point, when I noticed a small young bird clinging to the branch of a tree which was floating down the river near the shore.
The young bird’s mother was fluttering around trying to get the young one to fly ashore, but it would not move from the branch which was now rapidly nearing the water-fall. After trying in vain for some time, the mother suddenly pushed the young one off the branch, so that it was forced to fly ashore to avoid falling into the water. The mother bird, by what seemed a harsh act, had saved the young one from going over the falls.
How often the Lord works this way, too! Perhaps He has brought some sorrow into the life of the who reads these lines, and you are wondering why. The mother bird’s act seemed unkind, but it was really for the good of the young one, and so if trial and sorrow leads you to the Lord, to find salvation in Him, it will he for your good, too. How much better to sustain a loss here, than to lose your soul forever. God has proven His love to us in that He gave His only begotten Son to die for our sins on Calvary. He finished the work, and now He waits to save all who will come to Him just as they are.
ML 08/05/1951