Hummingbird Friends

So, how’s your today going so far? What’s that? Not so good huh? Well I usually don’t get this devotional off until about 8am or so and that’s 10 am on the east coast so perk up you’ve only got about 14 to 16 hours left depending upon your time zone and your outlook.

Both vultures and hummingbirds are winged creatures. Indubitably …. but

Vultures have a knack for finding dead decaying animals…because that is what they are looking for…… and

Hummingbirds have a knack for spotting nectar in beautiful flowers…because that is what they are looking for.

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There is an old story about two travelers nearing a great city.
The first stopped and asked a woman seated by the wayside,
“What are the people like in the city?”

“How were the people where you came from?” she asked.

“A terrible lot,” the traveler responded. “Mean, untrustworthy, detestable in all respects.”

“Ah,” said the woman, “You will find them the same in the city ahead.”

Scarcely was the first traveler gone when another one stopped and also inquired about the people in the city before him. Again the old woman asked about the people in the place the traveler had left.

“They were fine people; honest, industrious, and generous to a fault. I was sorry to leave,” declared the second traveler.

Responded the wise woman: “So you will find them in the city ahead.”

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String a pearl: Our words are a reflection of what we are looking for in people, circumstances, and life. We tend to see people through a lens of our own making. Whatever we are looking for is generally what we will find. Dwelling on the negative keeps you with the dead and decaying. While others have a gift for bringing out the best in people that is wrapped in believing the best and tied with beautiful ribbons of loving words. We’ve just come off a week with hummingbird friends – they make us feel blessed and beautiful. How thankful we are.

Jesus is going to bring out the best in you – that other guy? Not so much!
Keep your eyes on Jesus.
“Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:19-20

Humming with Jesus
And loving you,
Lyndi