Usually my wife and I are unprepared for the hummingbirds, waiting until we see one hovering where the hummingbird feeder SHOULD be but isn't. It's almost like they are looking in the window and saying, "Ahem. I'm hungry and I'm waiting!"
Only then do we hurriedly prepare the "hummer juice" and hang the feeder. If we were REALLY anxious and hopeful for the return of the hummingbirds we would have had our feeders out long before their return.
That reminds me of a story.
25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour." - Matthew 25:1-13
When someone posts on Facebook "Jesus has returned!" there will be no time for us to fill our hummingbird feeder. He will have come and taken those who have prepared themselves, like a thief in the night . . . in the twinkling of an eye. The question is . . .
Will we be ready for His return? Is YOUR hummingbird feeder full and waiting?
Hummingbird - Seals & Crofts
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