Okay, I know the title is weird, but today at work I noticed this wasp clinging to the window outside my office. You guessed it - on the 36th floor. I hate wasps. Yes, I've been bitten, and it hurts. Badly. Very, very badly. But I couldn't help thinking when I saw this wasp, "how in the world did you get up here?" Then, "Why would you come up here?"
I remember hearing last year during the many mandatory evacuations of the deep south for multiple hurricanes that for every hundred feet up you go, wind speed increases by ten miles an hour. Now I'm not sure how accurate that is, but it sounds possible.
So, that means on a normal day around here, winds are at 10-20 miles per hour increasing to over 30mph here on my floor. Not horrible for a 5'7" person, but for a two inch bug??!?? I have to admit I was very impressed.
Here's this little guy who's hated universally, clinging to a window that he should never have reached, and yet, there he was. No food up here. Nothing to eat or sting or use for his nest somewhere. I was intrigued. I wondered what on earth would make this little guy fly all the way up here.
I'm sure some naturalist, scientist, know-it-all will spoil my wondrous moment with all the scientific ga-ga about why he was up here. I don't care!
In my never rest, always go-go-go world, it was nice to see that disgusting bug up this high. For some reason, he made me think that I can do it all because nothing I do could be as hard as holding on to a vertical surface with only my legs in winds up to 30mph.
So I smiled, took a deep breath, and thanked God for giving me something so small that impacted me so greatly in comparison. And now when everything gets a little crazy, you may hear me tell myself, "Be the wasp!" Don't look at me funny. Just think of this story, and smile. Share it with your friends. Wear it on a shirt. Whatever it takes to help you realize that just as God gave that wasp the power to accomplish that task just because he wanted to try it, he gave us what we needed to accomplish what He asks. Just be the wasp!!
