2 weeks ago, we were sharing the story of Black Bear that bringing the value of "Self-Control". The story was saying the naturalists trying to locate a black bear that they had tagged during last summer and studying the characteristic of its. And it was winter at that point of time. They went into the forest that covered with thick snow landscape. After went through lots of obstacle and finally the radio receiver suddenly squealed with a piercing tone. Inside the small den rested a mother black bear and two cubs. The cubs were hardly bigger than a tea cup, weighing less than a pound each and looking nothing like a bear. Blind and helpless, the cubs nestled in their mother's warm hair. Snowflakes filled the air, and before long, winter blanket of white covered the whole den. Not a hair of the bear was visible from outside. The surrounding blanket of snow sealed the entrance and insulated the bear from the bitter cold of winter. Inside the den the bear quietly stirred. It heart rate slowed to conserve energy. Though the hard rocks and dirt on the bottom of the den weren't particularly comfortable, the bear rested peacefully.
For the whole time she was in the den, the mother bear wouldn't eat, take a drink of water, or even go to bathroom. For the brown bear it comes naturally.
They wouldn't want to wake the sleeping bear, but unfortunately, the researchers monitoring devices stirred up the mother bear and all the commotion wasn't good. One eye opened and she yawned. The bear looked at the men, and the men looked at the bear. All the monitoring devices flew everywhere as the researchers bolted for safety.But the bear leaped from the den and plowed through the knee deep snow after them. Everyone ran for their lives. The huge black bear was just about to catch one of the men when suddenly.... SHE STOPPED! She froze in her tracks without moving. She appeared confused and puzzled. Then, without any apparent reason, she gave a loud "woof", and headed back toward the den.
The chase was not worth risking the survival of her cubs. For the black bear, protecting her cubs comes comes naturally, but for you and me, thinking about the consequences of our action takes self-control.
The next spring, because of the self-control of their mother, two five-pound balls of fur tumbled out of the den, healthy and fat. They would grown 1000 percent while their mother slept. They would grow another 1000 percent before they too would show the self-control to sleep through the whole winter themselves.
Self-Control
Rejecting my own desires and doing what is right in God's eyes.
See anger as a sign that something is wrong.
Walk away from things that aren't right.
Set my own limits with the Wisdom from the Bible.
