Random Ponderings

So the other day, I was trying to think deep thoughts and meditate as I sat outside on the beautiful, soft grass of Kenya. However, I kept getting distracted by this ridiculous bumble bee that was hanging around me, and when I say “hanging” I literally mean hanging. For some odd reason, this bee refused to use his wings and was maybe also blind. For a good fifteen minutes, I watched this bee crawl up blades of grass, run out of grass to crawl up, but still tried to get higher and higher, until he eventually fell back to the ground landing on his back with his feet fluttering as if he was surprised. After doing this more than a dozen times, I was astonished at how dense this bee was. Didn’t he realize that God gifted him with a pair of wings that can take him higher than any blade of grass could ever take him? And then it made me think of how many times I try to accomplish things completely by my own power while neglecting the gifts that God has given me. No matter how hard I try, I always look foolish grasping for the grass that is not there, when I could be flying through the sky. Just as that bee finally realized he could use his wings, please be praying that I also continue, or even begin, to use the gifts that God has blessed me with to do his work.