Hummingbirds -- Do they ever get out of tune?

Have you ever viewed a hummingbird up close? I had the privilege two mornings in a row. Sonya and I were sitting on our patio drinking coffee enjoying the cool mornings of fall. Suddenly there was a buzzing right behind me. Sonya said, “There’s a hummingbird right behind your head.” Of course, when I turned, he was gone. But then this morning, he was back. In fact, he came and hovered a foot in front of my face. He hovered right beside me twice. Amazing little creature. So small. So fast. So hungry all the time. It seems that all they do is fly from flower to flower (or feeder to feeder) eating. One day not too long ago, we watched as one played in the water of our sprinkler. Wouldn’t that be the life? Just fly around all the time eating and playing. But for most of us, it wouldn’t be enough. There is a part of us that longs for time just to relax and do nothing, but after a while, that gets old. We were created for a purpose -- built into our systems, there is a desire to accomplish something, to do something, to be something in this life. Some people are able to overcome that desire. Society uses words like “deadbeat”, “lazy”, “good-for-nothing” to describe them. Some people are overcome by the desire. Society uses words like “go-getter” or “workaholic” to describe them. We could all learn a lesson from the hummingbird: there is room in this life to take care of needs AND to play. Take some time this week to enjoy both the work and the recreation God has blessed you with. Take some time this week to worship the Creator, too.

You Can't Change the Laws of Physics When You Want To

I was driving down the road the other day when I noticed I was behind a car with a Darwin fish emblem and several NASA bumper stickers. It really started me to thinking about the Laws of Thermodynamics. Now, understand that my knowledge of physics is limited, but I do remember that the second law of thermodynamics basically states that things have a tendency to deteriorate into disorder. For example, take the teacher out of a well-organized classroom for fifteen minutes, and I guarantee you that the students will not turn into a well-tuned symphony. Or place an old rusted-out Buick in the middle of a field and leave it, and it will not turn into a shiny new Ferrari. So why then does a "scientist" who understands that this is a constant in our universe believe in the theory of evolution? While the concept of the survival of the fittest may be appealing to some, there is very little that is Christian about it. Additionally, the idea that single-celled organisms just mutated into some primordial form of life only to eventually evolve into a human being just blows my mind. The next time I have an opportunity to talk to someone who believes in evolution, I'm going to take them into my backyard, and I'm going to show them my oak tree, and then I'm going to ask them, "How long is it going to take for this oak tree to evolve into a new dining room table and chairs?" Without the Creator, there is no creation!