During winter when the snow becomes deep, some of the larger animals that do not sleep through the winter often have difficulty finding enough food to eat. In Canada where this occurs with the caribou herds during most winters, the Canadian Air Force will help by hauling hay for the caribou to eat. Once the herds are located, planes loaded with bales of hay will fly near them and drop these bales for them.
A pilot reported that he was hauling hay to a large herd stranded in deep snow in an area 400 miles north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Many of the caribou were lying down because they were too weak to stand. When the hay was dropped, they could not even get up to eat. As the pilot circled the herd, he saw a strange sight. Several of the stronger caribou walked over to the hay, picked up some in their mouths, and carried it to the weak and dying animals. They laid the hay down close enough so that the caribou that could not get up could reach it.
What a good lesson this is for each of us in being kind to others. God will reward every kind act we do for others, if it is done to please the Lord Jesus. He says, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me” (Matthew 25:40).
Another verse says, “I have showed you all things, how that so laboring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus ... He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).
Have you done something kind to please the Lord Jesus?
ML-02/21/2016