Bees. They have swarmed my classroom with its theme, honeycombs and beehive images, and sayings like 'bee kind' and 'bee yourself.'
Busy bees or rather my students sometimes talking and distracted from day to day.
I went to a hair salon in January named The Beehive Salon.
I recently thought of honey as a symbol, in Scripture. There are actually many!
"How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!" Psalm 119:103
"So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to lead them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey." Exodus 3:8
The saying, 'busy bees' reminds me of some saints who were busy bees, (maybe St. Cecilia?), who were known to use their time well.
"Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy to the body." Proverbs 16:24
I felt closer to Mary this past Advent season, with the unknown before me, and trusting that God knew the outcome, even when I couldn't see or prepare that far. Trusting God, and Mary and how she could relate in her own way with the stressors of the unknown and uncertainty of finding a place for her newborn King was comforting. I eventually applied and prepared for a new job, all happening so quickly!
I knew I wasn't ready when I first heard about the open position in Fall, and then more comments from others to apply throughout late Fall. Timing was everything, and it was an opening that felt too timely, like it was meant for me.
The details all matched up, and I couldn't think of a better orchestrator of it all. God's provision was timely, and sweet.
