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Pocking the Bee’s Hive

I go to church meetings often. I sit in a cushy chair in front of a large desk, surrounded by water bottles and a variety of snacks. The meeting begins, and someone in the group has an idea. Then everyone at the meeting thinks it is a great idea, and I end up stuck doing all the work. I call that being a busybody: all talk and no action.

I say that because Paul tells us not to be busybodies but to work quietly.

Dad and I belong to a fly-fishing club. There is a member who comes every day, and he reminds us that he does not like the president. Just hearing his name sends him over the top. There is another member who knows this and loves to push his buttons. He sees him in the clubhouse and says something like: “I love these low gas prices, thanks to you know who.”. That sends the guy into a frenzy, and the air turns blue with his rant. I call that poking the bee’s hive. When you poke the bee’s hive, all the bees come and buzz, buzz, buzz. When they do exit the hive due to anger, the bees stop producing honey. They stop doing what they are good at doing.

Jesus took his favorite apostles, Peter, James, and John, up the mountain, and left the other nine down below. Take a guess what the nine were doing down below: Buzz, buzz, buzz. “How come they get to go and we are left behind. What are we second-rate? I am not leaving everything to follow just to end up playing second fiddle?

When Jesus descended the mountain, a father approached the Lord, asking if he would help his son, because the nine were unable to do so. This is when we discover that Jesus did not leave the nine at the bottom of the hill because He was playing favorites or that they were second-rate. He left them down there to do something great. However, they were upset and were unable to make honey.

The faith lesson is this. We often get hurt by someone or are left out. When that happens, do not stop making honey. Keep doing what you are good at doing. 

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