readytoemerge

Ahhh! It was an absolutely beautiful morning here and I got to enjoy it on my terms…for a while. It takes me a while to wake up completely, the calmer and quieter the better. On weekends I like to throw on my sweats, get my large mug of hot tea and head out back to the deck. I like to sit on the steps that face out to the mountains (little ones) and enjoy the amazing view. There was a light, cool breeze at my face and the sun warming my back. When the sun is warming me like that it makes me feel like it’s a hug from God. I watched the birds go about their morning routines and listened to the songs they sang. Robins, doves, finches, barn swallows, oriels all singing and cooing. Every once in a while a frog croaking (we have a small fish pond out front). Just as peaceful and perfect as I could ask for.

Then IT showed up. I named it Satan. IT is a bumblebee, a big, fat bumblebee, the kind that normally seems to fly clumsily from flower to flower keeping to themselves. The kind you hear when they hit the side of your house. The kind that would give you a concussion if it ran into your head. This year there seems to be a much larger number of them and quite honestly they have been bullies. If you shoot them with bug spray, they take the can from you and laugh. It took all my focus off the joyful things around me in a heartbeat. Its buzzing is so loud and intimidating, it demands your attention. They fly in front of you and try to stare you down…for real.

That’s one of Satan’s biggest weapons with me… Distraction. He takes my focus off God and what I need to be doing by throwing distraction my way. Some things I can control, like not getting absorbed in the TV. Other things I can’t control, like rising gas prices, but can control how I react and how much energy I let it take from me. He is good at what he does. We don’t even see it for what it is most times. I need to work on this distraction issue.

So I guess I had my own little church in nature this morning. God spoke to me through the birds and bee. Ha ha! He is funny! And I did “get it”. God is so cool! I feel so blessed when I feel Him working in me. There is a song my kids sang in childrens choir way back called, “He’s Still Working On Me”. Part of it goes…

He’s still working on me, to make me what I ought to be.

It took Him just a week to make the moon and stars, the sun and the Earth and Jupitar and Mars.

How loving and patient He must be, cause He’s still working on me..

Thank you Lord!