Realizing No Matter What I Do There Is A Sting

I never thought that becoming a full-time beekeeper was going to be so intense.  My fellow beekeepers can be intense, honeybee science is way intense, the activity of beekeeping is intense and then family life can be intense too.  Why does everything have to be so intense? No matter what I do, no matter what I do there is an intensity that leads to a sting.


Picture this....you are suited up and ready to HELP the honeybees and all of a sudden you have a honeybee in your veil trying to go at your face, then you feel the sting in your hiney.  It could get intense.  As we enter their environment, we have to learn to exist along with them and when we make any move... we could get a STING.  Sometimes getting ten stings is a good day.

One night the 4 year old grandkid finds my honey stash.  Eating more a than normal human being for one sitting.  Before we know it, he was naked and reaking havoc all over the house.  No stopping him any time soon.  Need to play, need to feed, need to keep that baby from falling, need to say give me a kiss, need to say good bye, let's say that is a 'sting' of another kind.

Now i have these part time jobs that help bring in income while my business brings a profit.  They all have nothing to do with each other.  I love working for my uncle who does BBQ catering.  I love doing wedding videos for people.  I love being a substitute leader for The Bee Ladies (honey bee education to students).  All these have their moments of intensity, which leave their sting of utter exhaustion.

Going about your days will always present some kind of intensity or sting.  As for me, I will be ready with sting oitment and God's Word that will guide me through the daily stings of life.  I love God and I do take Him at His Word.  In Romans 5:3 says We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us—they help us learn to endure.  In everything I know there is a lesson to be learned or truth God has in store for me.  The cool thing for me, is that the older I get and the stings I endure, the more I grow in wisdom where i can share with others.  


Realizing no matter what I do there is a sting.

Accountability

This is a e-mail i sent to my friend...

I was sitting in church beside a church lady (my friend, Debbie) and was getting online and looking up stuff and fooling around on my android(yes I repented)….and then all of a sudden I remembered about the monthly beekeeping newsletter.  Yes I was listening to the message:  God knows what we need and knows our desires before we do and answers our prayer before we even ask.   Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear.  Iasiah 65:24. 

So I texted beekeeping friend about the monthly newsletter that needed to be written, edited and published before the end of the month, so it would be more than a fleeting thought.  I know if I did right then my friend would hold me accountable.  God knows she is good for me.

In my walk with the Lord, I am constantly seeking His approval and will for my life.  But on this earth there are all types of poeple I come in contact with especially while on my latest assignment being a fulltime beekeeper.  I have a core group that i communicate with on a daily basis about the business of beekeeping.   Those core people I have come to love  just as Christ does.  He has shown me what to love about them.  That core group spur me on and geniunely care about seeing that I succeed in this business and understand that this journey is God ordained even though their beliefs are different.  This core group holds me accountable the same way Christians should hold each other accountable.

Praise Reports and Prayer Request

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It doesn't have to be long or a lot of details, just give us the facts. But if it makes you feel better or you are on the mountian top and need to gush-do it. God deserves it!
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