TGN - God is a Faithful Guide - Migration
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Tracking God News Looking for the character and personality of
God in His creation. Issue # 6 Editor: Ron McCluskey
mailto:editor@trackinggod.com
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Welcome to TRACKING GOD NEWS
You are receiving this ezine because you or someone else God is
a Faithful Guide - Migration
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When I was in grade school, our family lived in Tulelake,
California. The lake, along with other lakes in the Klamath
Basin, was one of the major stopping points for water fowl that
were migrating. It was a magnificent site to be able to see
hundreds of thousands of snow geese flying so thick that they
looked like a large flying snow bank.
Something that has always been a mystery to scientists is how
these birds know when to leave their current habitat and fly
long distances to find a better habitat for the upcoming change
in weather. It is also a mystery how they get where they are
going. While scientists have started to find out how adults
follow the pattern by following other adults that have been
there before, they have not even started to find out how some
birds know where to go.
In 'The Shorebirds of North America' R.S. Palmer tells how the
adults of many shorebirds will fly south before the young are
ready to go. The young will then fly south when they are ready.
They will end up in the same area as the adults. Scientists have
no explanation of this at all!
In the insect world a similar thing occurs. The monarch
butterfly in North America winters in two places. The western
population will migrate to Monterray, California. The eastern
population goes to a patch of forest north of Mexico City.
However, none of the butterflies that congregate there have EVER
been there before. Yet faithfully, every year, they fly to the
same trees that their parents stayed in the winter before.
How do the butterflies and birds know where to go? How can they
find just the right place that will give them the best chance of
being safe during the cold winter months? To followers of God,
the answers are obvious. God has been leading and directing the
lives of His creatures every since He created them.
Just like the birds and butterflies, we often have 'cold' times
in our lives. God has shown every year with millions of examples
that He can be trusted to lead you to your own place of safety.
Please continue to trust that He will direct you in the right
way.
Until next time, may God be with you, Ron McCluskey
http://www.trackinggod.com
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