The Slower Lane

I checked the calendar yesterday to see when the hens in the chicken yard came to the farm as tiny chicks.  It was March 4.  So, according to my finger calculator, they have been here a few more days than four months.  They have changed from a fluffy critter which could be held in one hand to a full grown chicken capable of eating a lot of chicken feed.  But, the biggest change came yesterday when the first three brown eggs showed up in the chicken house.  It has taken four months of feeding those birds to get the first egg for the frying pan.    

Things do not happen in a hurry around here.  As one who used to live in a hurry, it has taken some time to get used to the reality that the creation is like its Creator.  It is empty of hurry.  God is empty of hurry.  The only thing I know which seems bent on hurry is the two legged creature He brought into existence back in the beginning to look after the things of creation.  Most likely back then the two legged creature was like the rest of the creation and the Creator.  There was no hurry.   

Could it be that our hurried lifestyle speaks to what traditional Biblical folks refer to us as "The Fall?"  Could it be that it speaks of our choosing to live out of sync with everything that has been made as well as the Spirit of the Creator God?  Could it be that our hurrying lifestyle points to the root of sin in our life?  It may be a different way of looking at an old theological concept, but it is also true that we hurry for a reason.  Maybe the primary reason is that we cannot trust God, the Creator, the get things done in His time instead of our own.