Three little bunnies, about 6 days old, were attacked by a dog and orphaned. Two out of the litter of five did not survive, and three were found not doing very well.
Noah is a non-releasable, one-legged homing pigeon that was living at the rehabilitation center where the bunnies were taken to recover. Noah kept going over to the bunny cage and looking in...even sleeping in front of the door to the cage.
After two days, a worker at the rehabilitation facility only counted 2 bunnies in the cage, so he hurriedly picked Noah up from the front of the cage so he could look inside. And to his surprise...there was the tiny bunny...under Noah's wing...sound asleep! The bunny had crawled through the cage....preferring a featherbed, no doubt.
After that, all of the animals lived together for a few weeks. When the bunnies scooted underneath Noah's feathers, he extended his wings to surround them..and they snuggled. When one of them moved and they started sticking out here and there, Noah gently pushed them back under him with his beak. Noah continued to do this until the bunnies were fully healed and ready to be released back into the wild.
What a beautiful, story, eh? A true story. And a beautiful picture of God.
As the Stavesacre song, "Gold and Silver" says: Under wings of gold and silver, sometimes we have to hide. For shelter from this bitter winter at least tonight.
At least tonight, God...hold us under the protection of your love. Amen.
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