Creation Moments

Jonathan Cotton: The hummingbird turns its wings upside down. Learn about it next on today's Creation Moment. And now, here's our Creation Moment host, Ian Taylor.

Ian T. Taylor: Sometimes incredible wonders pass right before our eyes, but we are not equipped to see them. For example, take the hummingbird. Did you know that like the woodpecker, the hummingbird has a tongue that wraps all the way around its head just under the skin? Well, this feature is not really evident when you look at the hummingbird, and nor is the wonderful way in which its wings move so that it can hover, fly forwards, or even fly backwards. High-speed photography has revealed some amazing secrets about the hummingbird's wings that cannot be noticed by the eye. All birds, except the hummingbird, move their wings at the shoulder, elbow, and wrist.

Only the hummingbird is capable of turning his wings upside down so that when he hovers, both strokes of his wings beat the air in order to support him. Well, this demonstrates that the hummingbird is not a modification of a general bird design as evolutionists tell us. Rather, the hummingbird was created with unique features which enabled it to make its living. Likewise, when God tells us that he cares for those who are his through faith in Christ's saving work, we don't always see exactly how he is caring for us. But like the virtually invisible features of the hummingbird, his care is nevertheless there.

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