Have you ever wished you could crawl up into God’s lap and cuddle with Him? While weeding my garden at twilight last night, I observed a curious sight. Eleven bumblebees seemed to be sleeping under my oregano blossoms. I’d never seen anything like it, so I grabbed my camera, took some photos, and googled “sleeping bumblebees”. Apparently, bumblebees don’t have hives like honey bees, and since they are cold-blooded and need to be warm in order for their flight muscles to work, they can’t fly when temperatures fall, so they must find a place to rest. Because flowers provide shelter and a certain level of heat, as well as breakfast when they awaken in the morning, they choose to sleep inside or under flowers.
This morning I went out and found a sleeping bumblebee with its ‘bum’ sticking out of a hosta flower. The sun had not yet reached it, so while other bees were buzzing around hostas just a few yards away in the sunshine, this little bee remained safe and cozy. It reminded me of a nursing baby cuddled by the one providing it with nourishment.
I couldn’t help but think of how we can learn from the bee. It works hard during the day, gathering its food and benefiting others at the same time, and it takes the time to find shelter and rest. We were created to work and provide for ourselves and to benefit others, as well as to rest 8-10 hours a day and one day a week.
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” —Exodus 20:8–11
Let us take the time to take shelter in the Lord, our Provider, and rest in Him.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. —Psalm 4:8
(To see more photos, click here.)
Rene Yoshi
July 26th, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Amen well said 🙂 Matt.11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Time to cuddle with God
July 26th, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Yes! Thank you once again for adding another fitting verse! 🙂
July 27th, 2013 at 9:50 am
Great post and awesome pictures, Rene. (You have crazy bees around your house:-)
July 27th, 2013 at 10:37 am
LOL… Thank you, Bill! 🙂
July 27th, 2013 at 11:38 am
Like, like, like ….so much!
July 27th, 2013 at 5:37 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Sue! 🙂
July 27th, 2013 at 5:38 pm
🙂
July 27th, 2013 at 1:03 pm
I never thought I would think of a bee as cute. 🙂
July 27th, 2013 at 5:38 pm
[chuckle] I’m glad you could see its cuteness. 🙂
July 27th, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Aw-w, now I feel sweeter about bees! Thanks for reminding us about the preciousness of rest.
July 27th, 2013 at 5:38 pm
Thank you, Vicki! 🙂
July 27th, 2013 at 9:56 pm
Mmmm, I like that–“take shelter in the LORD”–that’s what I’m doing, for sure!! God bless you BIG, Rene–love, sis Cj
July 28th, 2013 at 3:58 pm
Me, too, Cj! ((hugs))
July 28th, 2013 at 10:53 pm
This was so well written and was a great encouragement to me. Thank you so very much, Rene, for writing it. Like another writer earlier, I was able to see a bee as “cute” — something I had never done before.
Thank you also for your thought-provoking research that you put into your writings. It helps us see things more clearly.
May God bless you so that you can keep on writing more good articles for all of us to read!!!
July 30th, 2013 at 4:28 am
Love this and the pictures, I would love to be cuddles by God and tell him all my worries and sins and listen to him what he says to me ! Well I do that really in praying just without my cuddle 🙂
July 30th, 2013 at 8:41 am
Me, too, Ute! I sometimes imagine myself cuddling with Him or sitting at His feet. Thank you! 🙂
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