Pollination

I was out in my garden yesterday and observed an amazing God thing. I have some wonderful Goldenrod blooming right now. I love Goldenrod. As I looked it was covered with 5 different types of pollinators. Honeybees, Bumblebees, a small type of wasp, a small skinny winged bug thing, and small golden butterflies. I watched as they flew amongst the blooms, not paying any attention to each other, but just busy about their task. I thought to myself, there's a sermon in there. I didn't know what exactly; how we all have different spiritual gifts, and the same purpose; how we are all different, but all created and loved by the same Lord. One could take the spin any direction. Then tonight as I was emailing a friend, she made mention about a conversation she has with a co-worker today. My friend was talking about a lady who had had a stroke, and had not regained consciousness, how she didn't believe in the Lord, that if she died she would go to hell, even though she was a 'good' person. The co-worker said, ' you really believe that?' My friend made the comment to me how amazed she was that people don't know about the Lord. I told her that it was amazing, but that as believers it is our fault and that we will be ashamed when we stand before the Lord and realize how many people we helped go to hell, by not telling them about the Lord.

Then, I thought of the goldenrod. The busy insects doing what God created them to do. Maybe some were baptist bees, or Lutheran, or catholic bees, I know that's stretching it, but regardless, they didn't mind that there were other insects, different from them, doing the same thing, pollinating.

I have always had an affinity to honeybees since I was a little girl. My grandfather had bees, and oh how I loved to watch him open the small box with the queen bee in it, or watching him harvest the honey. Nothing like fresh honeycomb to chew on. But I digress. My point is this, we are to be about our Masters business. We are to go into all the world and make disciples. He also made it clear, we are to start doing that here at home. We are to be His pollinators of the Gospel. If we aren't, who will be. There are plenty of pleasant, easy 'gospels' being taught everywhere. The Lord never said it would be easy to witness, in fact He said they will hate us. Yet, the fact remains, we are to go. How often I have I let an opportunity go by? Often. I don't like knowing that. I have made my excuses, they don't wash. I want to be like those busy bees, doing what I was commanded to do, to make sure I do my part in the pollination of the gospel of Christ. How about you?