Another few hours spent in the garden. As I dug up the
weeds, I had my first sighting this year of a lady bug, scrambling over leaves
and grass. I plunged in the garden fork, getting ever closer to her, shaking
the weeds and sending dirt clods flying in all directions. For the wee lady bug,
it must have felt like an earthquake.
Undaunted, she continued to patter round on the leaves. I
told her to fly away home but she didn’t heed my advice. I moved to another
area, and when I went back, she had crawled right off the soft verdant leaves
and was headed out into the vast (to her), empty dirt desert.
She didn’t pay attention to the signs of the times. So
instead of retreating to a safe place, she found herself in a dry and weary
land where there was no water.
There are many in today’s world headed into a dry and weary
land where there is no water. We have the God-given opportunity to offer the
water of life to those who thirst and fear. To share the comforting words of
Jesus assuring us that we need not fear, because he is with us always.
Let’s make the most of this opportunity. Who knows but what
we were born for such a time as this?
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