Dear
Lord,
Why
did you make me so weird? I’m so small that I can’t even get any respect from
the juvenile sparrows! I can’t eat seeds, or grain—always stuck with this
stupid long beak that is only good for sucking up nectar and catching bugs.
Oh…and what were you thinking when you gave me these tiny, useless legs? Can’t
even walk with them! It takes me so much energy to hover and fly that I spend
most of my time just perching and digesting. I get so tired by the evening that
I go into a state of torpor—shutting down to conserve what little energy I have
left until morning. It is bad enough you made me so small and weak, but then
you also expect me to migrate every winter, flying on these little tiny wings.
What were you thinking?
God’s
Response:
Dear
Hummingbird,
You
may be small, but I made you energetic, fast, and acrobatic. Your beak can pierce
deeper and find nectar that others can’t. Your legs are tiny, so that they
don’t weigh you down. After you eat nectar, you were meant to sit still and
digest it. You were made for a purpose—to pollinate specific flowers. By doing
this, you glorify me. I delight in you, as I do in all my creations.
I
designed you for glorious living, part of
the overall purpose I am working out in everything and everyone. (Ephesians
1:11-12 MSG)
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