Quick Like a Little Bunny

Mama Said

Colossians 3:2 ESV

I’m not sure where or when the saying “quick like a little bunny” came from but it was a saying I heard a lot growing up.

I’ll have to admit (which I didn’t know until much later in life) my ultra-focus button gets stuck on. When I am drawing or writing (things I love) time “gets away with me”. In other words I lose track of what time it is.

While that isn’t necessarily a good or bad thing, it is a thing.

Colossians 3:2 tells us, “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”

Reading was my passion growing up. I learned to read early because I had an older brother who was reading and I begged my dad to teach me to read. Because I desperately wanted to read, I stuck with it and I was reading by the time I went to kindergarten.

My teachers kind of hated that because I read all the time. In other words I didn’t understand why I had to go outside for recess (especially when it was cold). I wanted recess to be reading time.

In the winter we used to get a lot of snow (as in feet of snow.) if we got 3 feet of snow and it was wet snow, I could build an igloo because my dad taught me how to build my own house. Then, I would get my books and read in my igloo. It’s surprisingly warm in an igloo. Later I found out when the snow is compressed it contains trapped air. That compressed air acts as an insulator.

So…I had my own secret space where I could read. Since I am ultra focused I could stay in there for hours reading (and re-reading) my books.

Now you’re starting to see where the saying, “be quick like a little bunny” comes in. Once my Mom found me it was usually late. I was always hiding somewhere in the house or if it was snowing I was in an igloo somewhere under the snow. I was told I “had my head stuck in a book” all the time.

In school my teachers hated it that I read during recess. They wanted me to run, jump, and play. Uck. I wanted to read every free minute I had.

Back to Colossians 3:2…I had a Bible in my book stack. I had my very own Bible I could read any time I wanted. So I thought about God a lot.

While my teachers in school did not have an appreciation for my ultra focus on reading, that paid off when I was in college.

The really really big pay off came when I went to graduate school (Seminary). Most graduate school programs have a requirement of 30-35 hours, a Master of Divinity is 144 hours. AND (this is the good part) the reading requirement is unbelievable.

Except for one class, I thought I was in heaven!

My one class that didn’t have a lot of reading but had a ton of memorization (which is not my strong suit) was Hebrew. Oh, how I prayed! I think that’s when I really really learned to connect with God and pray fervently. “Please God help me to understand and remember the Hebrew words!”

Hebrew Grammar was the absolutely hardest class I’ve ever taken in my life. It was reading, but it wasn’t English or even Spanish (Which I look from Fifth Grade through four semesters in college). It was reading these strange ancient symbols I had to memorize.

I did pass Hebrew Grammar (by the skin of my teeth) and then in Hebrew 3 it finally started to make sense. For Hebrew 4 I had an older Professor. The only class he still taught was Hebrew 4. He gave Hebrew LIFE and suddenly I loved it!

I was able to set my mind on things above in the original language it was written in. The New Testament is taught in Koine Greek, but I could read these strange ancient New Testament in Hebrew which is is the "Brit Chadasha" (הברית החדשה) the symbols in parenthesis are the Hebrew. By the time I finished Hebrew 4 I could read these strange symbols as well as a Hebrew child. I am not proficient, but I understand how to figure out the symbols. I connected to the Ancient Words of the prophets and I loved it!

It requires ultra focus. I love studying the words the ancients studied.

It’s absolutely NOT quick like a little bunny!

Deborah

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