Home Before the Storm

Bee Hive

My brother, Dan, who is a beekeeper, just came in the house and told me about two bee hives outside.  All the bees, about 80,000 of them, were returning to the hives much earlier because of a storm that is approaching. Otherwise, they don't return to the hive until dark.  It is only 5pm. 

It was so amazing to watch...like planes in the sky coming in to land. All the bees were coming in, none going out from the hives.  You could see them quite easily coming in, circling, even bumping in to me, as they then landed and went into the hives.  

Dan then explained how he had shared this information with the new members of the bee club. They were completely oblivious of this phenomenon, not ever having heard this information before.  I hadn't either. 

On a bigger scale, how many of us see signs and wonders around us on a spiritual level. The bees  certainly have some instinct to tell them the weather is getting bad, enough to head home.  How many of us listen to the quiet whisper of God, or a Higher Power, encouraging us to be a better person? To do the right things, like forgiving others, helping others, to let others know what God has done for us.

When dark clouds of storms threaten our day, our life and our very serenity, where do we go to find safe shelter, to go "home"? Where is our "home" before and during the storms of our life? It is there for each of us, but we each must fly that route ourselves.