The Ostrich Paradox
Read: Job 39:13-18 The ostrich flaps her wings futilely—all those beautiful feathers, but useless! (v. 13 MSG) What an enigma! This large, flightless bird, averaging eight feet tall with a long
Read: Job 39:13-18 The ostrich flaps her wings futilely—all those beautiful feathers, but useless! (v. 13 MSG) What an enigma! This large, flightless bird, averaging eight feet tall with a long
Read: Psalm 139:7-12 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your
Read: Jeremiah 8:6-22 Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the
Read: Psalm 102:1-18 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins . . . like bird alone on a roof. (vv. 6-7 NIV) An owl is a haunting image
Read: 1 Kings 17:1-6 You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. (v. 4) The raven is known for its intelligence and as
Read: Isaiah 40:25-31 But they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles. (v. 31) In his book The Birds Our Teachers,
Read: Psalm 55 Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. (v. 6) I’ve often looked with envy at birds, freely soaring above
Read: Psalm 147:7-11; Luke 12:22-31 All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when
Read: Genesis 1:20-23 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” (v. 20 NIV) On the
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