Have You Seen a Hummingbird Lately?

We love hummingbirds – the sound and sight of them is never tiring.  This photo is right off our deck looking out at the lake.  Every summer we put out 4 – 5 feeders around the cabin and every year without fail dozens and dozens of hummingbirds remember where to come for a regular food source.  Our most common companions are the ruby-throated hummingbirds and keeping the feeders full is more than a weekly job.  It’s great fun to see these amazing flight artists dive and play as they dance and dart around the feeders.   Here’s a wonderful piece I discovered in my devotional reading just a few days ago.
 

Hummingbirds
by Jonathan Greene

Can fly every which way.
Taught helicopters to rise
straight up from the ground.

What does not work for us
works for them: being overly industrious,
overeating, surviving a sweet tooth,
a non-stop exuberance.

No down time to sing alleluias,
even after arriving at a distant home,
having crossed continents.

Never thinking to preen
to show off a ruby throat,
iridescent feathers.

Consider yourself blessed
by their visits.

My hope and prayer for you is that you find joy and moments of delight this summer whether through family, friends, prayer, meditation, communing with nature or any other blessing with which you are visited.
 
Humming along in faith, hope and love…

Rev. Dr. David D. Young
Senior Minister

This article appeared in the Wave on July 7, 2021