Saturday morning the weather was pleasant enough to enjoy the sunroom. I was having my second cup of coffee and reading the morning paper when a slight motion caught my attention. When I looked up I saw the source just outside one of the corner windows. It was a hummingbird!

When we lived in Phoenix we tried to keep the hummingbird feeder full. It was no small task considering the number of the delightful creatures there were in our vicinity! My mother had a house dress with huge red hibiscus on it and whenever she went to the sliding glass door in that dress they came to her.

I have a container with similar red hibiscus on the floor in the corner of the sunroom. They are what had attracted the hummingbird! When I realized what I saw was a hummingbird, the first I had seen in my almost twenty years in Alabama, I think I must have squealed with delight. I remember exclaiming: it’s a hummingbird! Why haven’t I seen one before? Lee Ann looked up from the letter she was writing and said: because you haven’t been looking!

Because I hadn’t been looking! My thoughts immediately began racing. What else had I missed because I hadn’t been looking? Was it the splendor of nature giving testimony to God’s creation? Was it someone in need? Was it someone who wanted to tell me something? What had I missed because I hadn’t been looking? No matter how big or seemingly insignificant it is – I don’t want to miss anything! God, help me keep my eyes on you and the world around me!