It is Illegal to Shoot an Eagle

I was listening to a couple of guys one day, as they were describing some wild fowl that they had spotted on some county roads. They concluded by each other’s description of a white bawled head and chest with a brown coat of feathers that it was probably the same eagle. The discussion led into how it is illegal to shoot an eagle. Then one of the guys recalled an incident that happened to a classmate of his some years back. He had shot an eagle but didn’t kill it. He had instead, injured its wing. He was caught by a retired conservationist. He was sentenced with “time” which time consisted of nursing the bird back to health by minding its wing, feeding it and spending a certain amount of “time” with it every day. The judge that made this sentence was a wise man. He knew that when a person is forced or given the responsibility to care for and nurture something back to health, with the knowledge that they are being monitored and that their actions are being “graded”, that this person will learn to love and protect it, which is a much greater life lesson than to just “fulfill a sentence or requirement”. This person later told his classmate that he had “gotten attached” to this bird. Meaning, he was learning how to love it. So, in future events, his chance of shooting another bird, particularly an eagle, are slim to none, thus also teaching him to protect the species.

            It is interesting if you think about how different species progress at different rates. I often wondered why humans take so long to develop, to learn how to walk or talk or to process certain foods and why our immune system is so fragile at infancy. It is like the story with the eagle; God knew that spending time and taking care of something would help us to learn how to love and nurture. Love is a verb; the act of love has to be taught. God knew this, which is why this time was well constructed by our creator.

            So, why would a judge rule for an infant be taken from a home of a sex offender, when the sex offender’s crime was to an adolescent? If the sex offender took care of that child from birth forward, he would develop a bond with this child. He would learn to develop a protection and love to this child from anything and everything for ever. God gave him this child. He is being watched and judged by God for this responsibility that God put before him. He knows that he has to answer not only to God if he fails, but to man’s legal system as well. So, why would a judge not allow him the time to bond with his infant child? Particularly when all natural instincts of a parent have been divinely predestined for us to “learn how to love”? Think about this….