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June 5
Thursday


REFRAMING
THE PICTURE

READ:
Deuteronomy
32:7-12
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As an eagle stirs up its
nest,...spreading out
its wings,...so the
LORD alone led [Jacob].
__Deut. 32:11-12
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For 3 months I had a ringside seat__or should I say a bird's-eye view-of God's amazing handiwork. Ninety feet above the floor of Norfolk Botanical Garden, workers installed a webcam focused on the nest of a family of bald eagles, and online viewers were allowed to watch.

When the eggs hatched, Mama and Papa Eagle were attentive to their offspring, taking turns hunting for food and guarding the nest. But one day when the eaglets still looked like fuzzballs with beaks, both parents disappeared. I worried that harm had come to them.

My concern was unfounded. The webcam operator enlarged the camera angle, and there was Mama Eagle perched on a nearby branch.

As I pondered this reframed" picture, I thought of times when I have feared that God had abandoned me. The view in the forest heights of Virginia reminded me that my vision is limited. I see only a small part of the entire scene.

Moses used eagle imagery to describe God. As eagles carry their young, God carries His people (Deut. 32:11-12). Despite how it may seem, the Lord "is not far from each one of us" (Acts 17:27). This is true even when we feel abandoned. __Julie Ackerman Link

````````````````````````Under His wings I am safely abiding:```````````````````````
``````````````````Though the night deepens and tempests are wild,`````````````````
```````````````````Still I can trust Him__I know He will keep me;````````````````````
`````````````````He has redeemed me and I am His child. __Cushing``````````````````
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Because the Lord is watching over us,
we don't have to fear the dangers around us.

*******************Today's Bible Reading __ Deuteronomy 32:7-12************************

7 Remember the days of
old, consider the years of
many generations. Ask your
father, and he will show
you; your elders, and they
will tell you: 8 When the
Most High divided their
inheritance to the nations,
when He separated the sons
of Adam, He set the
boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of
the children of Israel. 9 For
the LORD's portion is His
people; Jacob is the place
of His inheritance.

10 He found him in a desert
land and in the wasteland, a
howling wilderness; He
encircled him, He instructed
him, He kept him as the
apple of His eye. 11 As an
eagle stirs up its nest,
hovers over its young,
spreading out its wings,
taking them up, carrying
them on its wings, 12 so the
LORD alone led him, and
there was no foreign god
with him.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Today's reading provides us with a wonderful template for
instructing the next generation in the provision of God. The entire
"Song of Moses" extends from Deuteronomy 31:30-32:43. In it
we see praise given for the God of Israel in spirit of the nation's
periodic lapse into disobedience. In His good providence, God
created for Himself a chosen people whom He has both redeemed
and preserves. This theme of divine love that will not let go is to be
reiterated to each new generation so that God's covenant people
may continue in relationship with their Creator and Sustainer. We
learn from the New Testament that through Christ's atoning work
on the cross, this covenant has been extended to all who believe
(Rom. 5t:6-11).