Just A Summer Day

I know this shot is far away but do you see how blue the sky is and not a cloud in the sky? It means it is filled with lots of hot air, pretty much like this post. :) My grand children have been taking swimming lessons this week. Today, for the first time in their little lives, Grandma and the Moms let them beyond the gate around the pool and they got to go swimming in Gama's swimming pool. I loved it so much. The Moms would get in but with two small babies they had to take turns. I stayed out too long in the sun with them but it was worth it. I had a blast. I can't wait until next week.

I have a chicken story to tell you today. I am attached to these chickens. Like I told you though, I am really attached to the black one. She just has such a spunky little personality. When I feed them at night she gets on the door so she can get the first bite of feed. She also wants the first pet too. I hold the dish so she can get the first bite as I pass it on into the cage for all of the others.

Today though, I changed the routine just a bit so I could clean the dish. She had got out on the door like normal, but then I heard the tiny sound of little wings flapping. I turned around and she was standing on the ground looking a bit perplexed. The other little chicks were on the door looking down at her. I put the feed in the cage before I picked her up to put her back in the cage.

As I touched her, I said, " See that is what happens when you don't wait for me, you run ahead and not only did you fall off, but you didn't get the first bite."
Then it hit me, how much I am like that little chicken. I see something I think would be good for me, and I run ahead, and then instead of waiting on God and letting Him give me what He wants, I settle for what I thought was the best, when there could be so much more. I am always running ahead it seems and landing on the ground, even though I flapped my wings.

It just struck me as I stood and stared at the chickens while they ate their food. I thought, in the morning my little black chick will be on the door, waiting for her first bite, just like today. She won't have learned anything. So I wondered do I learn when I take a fall or do I go right back to doing what I want, with no thought of anything else, other than wanting my own way.

Just some thoughts while I stared at my chicks today.
Have a great Thursday!
~Kim~