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The Blessing of The Generations
One of the everyday blessings of my life is the fact that I get to interact with individuals from multiple generations. Throughout a week’s time, I engage with everyone from infant age all the way up to individuals in their nineties. That interaction between the generational ages is a joy that is easy for us to skim over, but one we must not neglect. Scripture encourages us to look beyond our own generation into the future in terms of how we can have an impact for the kingdom.
Building The Wall . . . Holding The Sword
Ever since I was young I have always felt an exhilaration in getting to put my hands to work crafting something new. Perhaps it was the coffee table for the living room my dad and I built when I was about twelve. Maybe the bee supplies I built for my business, gun stocks I’ve worked on, or the raised beds we constructed for our gardens over the years. It is an enjoyable process to take a bunch of mixed materials, put them together, and cut them just the right way, in order to make something sturdy enough to serve its purpose for years.
Living With Vigilance
If being a beekeeper has shown me anything, it is that failure comes very easily. It is not that honey bees possess less of an ability to survive than other creatures . . . that would not be true. I think anyone who undertakes any form of agricultural endeavor could probably tell you that there are at least 1,001 ways for living organisms to perish. In my case, the ugly varroa mite (main pest against bees) could come upon my colony and cause their demise. The queen could accidentally get crushed right before the winter when I cannot replace her making me lose the whole box of bees. Honey stores can run low, a box top could be cracked open, or a mouse could sneak in and wreck the hive. Indeed, the opportunity for failure abounds!