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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Have you ever heard of that phrase, or maybe even used that phrase? It’s fairly simple and straightforward. When we share something with someone, we are showing that we care about them. When we were children, most of us heard that it was “nice” to share. It was the kind thing to do. If you had something and someone wanted it, or needed it more, share. It was a lesson we all learned.
In the world of insects (and other animals), that isn’t always a rule that is followed. In fact another phrase came about, from a certain naturalist — Charles Darwin. The phrase he coined was “Survival of the fittest.” There is more to the theory, but part of it is the exact opposite of sharing. Given this mindset of survival, if I have something that will help me, I wouldn’t dare give you any of it. That doesn’t sound like a caring attitude now does it?
Take a glance at the image I captured in our garden yesterday. Here we have two honeybees in the morning sunshine, collecting pollen from this vibrant purple dahlia. Of course this is a still image and you are going to have to take my word for it, but they didn’t battle with each other. They didn’t pull one another off the flower. No, they went about their “bees-ness” (see what I did there?) and collected their pollen — plenty to go around. They shared.
We have more than ample opportunities to follow in suit of these generous and caring bees. Of course we can think of the times we can share in the church setting — our time, our talents, our wealth, our skills, our energy, our passion. The list goes on. What about outside the church setting, do we have anything to share? Oh, right! We have the love of Christ to share with the world. We have something that not only do we have the ability to share, but we can see this world is in desperate need of our sharing.
The time we have on this planet isn’t about survival. Our purpose is to share as much as we possibly can. God gives to us; He shares because He cares. Why would we do anything different? This week (hopefully today), find an opportunity to share. Remember, sharing is caring.