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Lesson 41“Understanding the Disappointment”

Lesson 41“Understanding the Disappointment”

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More than a dozen kinds of hummingbirds regularly breed in the United States, but the only one that

normally breeds east of the Mississippi River is the Ruby-throated

Hummingbird.

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Most hummingbirds in the United States, such as the Rufous

Hummingbird, live west of the Mississippi and migrate to Mexico and

Central America.

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The Rufus Hummingbird is supposed to spend summers in northwestern

United States and migrate to southern Mexico for the winter, but sometimes

these little birds fly the wrong direction when they migrate and end

up in the eastern United States for the winter!

The Green-breasted Mango has been known to the do the same thing!

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No one knows why they head in the wrong direction, but sometimes it happens.

People also make mistakes, such as what happened in1844. God corrected the people’s

mistake, but not until after they had gone through

a very great disappointment.

Today many people also have mistaken beliefs about other things, such as what happens to us when we die. We need to depend always upon the Bible for truth and not upon another man’s

way of thinking.

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