"To Tee Off" or not to...

Balancing, in our human concept of what that term means is not always the easiest task to achieve, but I have been inspired by God's "burning bush" enlightment in my backyard in the past 2 days as I have encountered and watched the progress of what began as a "golf ball on a tee" (mushroom beginning to form) flourish into an umbrella shaped creation. When I first noticed it I wanted to go grab a club and swing at it to see how far I could make it fly out of my yard, but something stopped me as I looked around and noticed it was THE ONLY mushroom/golf ball growing out there. As I stared at it today in full bloom form and contemplated on what it originally was 2 days ago in my mind I realized that I often am "myself" wanting to swing the club for immediate self gratification, thus, eliminating the potential for growth and an "umbrella" shelter for others that God can mold us into becoming over time. In James 5:7-8 it says, "Be PATIENT, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its' valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. " The "umbrella" mushroom is currently still balancing on the stem in my yard, only because it was given the opportunity to continue its' growth and it now serves as a reminder to me that in my life I may often feel like I am a mere golfball balancing upon life's demands awaiting a club to come along and knock me off course and eventually putt me into the hole, but because of God's patience with me and ability to see the potential of who and what I am to be in this life and His decision to let me progressively bloom to be a shelter for the people and "blades of grass" underneath me/around me I am able to not feel so alone in this backyard of ONLY grass blades, being the "only" mushroom standing. For where one is planted and grown, many more will sprout! As we go through life sometimes feeling like golfballs that need IMMEDIATE hits upon the head to take us to a random spot on the course, let us stop instead, pray and ask for patience that we can remain balanced upon the "tee"/stem of God's grace and timing in our lives and that He will indeed amaze us by directing us, more often in nonround golfball shapes, so to show his Awesome Power, to the HOLE IN ONE!