Busy as a...Hummingbird??

Have you ever been sooo busy that you don't realize that life is happening all around you?? WOW! I know that the phrase is "Busy as a Bee," but that does not sum up my life at all!! I am more like a hummingbird flapping around going from place to place.

I remember a time when i was younger and we were in the back yard swimming and enjoying the nice summer day. We have a planter that runs with the pool and when the flowers bloom we get bee's, wasp, HUGE bubble bee's, dragonflies and hummingbirds come to visit. This day there was a hummingbird that went from one end of the planter to the other then went to rest on the telephone wires. While it was resting i thought, whoa, i've never seen a hummingbird rest like that. I was soo amazed that it was soo still. And by the time i could tell everyone it was off to another yard! Soo quickly that i was caught staring at the telephone wires thinking, it was just here!!

A few weeks ago i was getting lunch and sat outside to enjoy some fresh air when i noticed a Hummingbird getting some necture (or pollen, whatever it is they get form the flower). As its wings flapped sooo quickly and it moved from flower to flower i thought to myself, "wow, that hummingbird sure is busy!." And then i began to think about my life. If you know me even a little, you know that i am ALWAYS doing things. Oh and if you try to tell me or stay with me on a Sunday...it's just not gonna happen! I am moving from place to place, making sure the classes, teachers and services are moving smoothly. I even tell my friends who want to see how i'm doing, "walk with me, quickly we gotta go check on..." But is this what life is all about? Being sooo busy that your friends have to keep up with you just to say hi??

Last week i was soo sick with a sinus and ear infection that i could not go to work. At first all i could think of was, "i gotta get better, i have soo much to do." But suddenly i realized something. I haven't been enjoying life! I haven't been resting in the fact that Jesus has everything under control! I was just like that Hummingbird. It took me being sick for a week to realize that i don't need to do everything on my own. If somethings don't get done, it's ok. Jesus in in control and i just need to trust in Him. Now i'm not saying that i'm going to stop working as hard. I'm saying that instead of focusing on there's soo much to do and i am the only that can do it, i need to focus on the people that God has placed in my life to help me. I have AMAZING friends that will be there for me when i am in a pinch. But why wait till i'm in a pinch?? Why not take a second to rest on that telephone wire and see what Jesus wants me to do.

If i look to my own abilities i am going to fail...but when i look to the Lord, i know that he will delivery me out of the craziness and have me rest while he goes and makes my paths smooth. I have a verse that is plastered everywhere! Its on my mirror in my room, on my rear view mirror in my car, on my monitor at work and when i read it, it given me peace and a reassurance that i cannot do things on my own! Psalm 105:4 "Look to the Lord and his strength, seek HIS face ALWAYS!" I don't ever want to be soo busy that i miss a blessing that the Lord has for me! I hope that as the craziness of life happens that you and i can LOOK to the Lord's strength and KNOW that he is in control! :)