Bugged
I'm not really a fan of bugs. Today floating in our pool was a huge (4 inch) beetle. As I walked the yard to clean up after my dog, I found a large dead cockroach. Ants have been circling our pool lately, I suppose looking for water in the desert heat. I really do not like ants. Ants and I have history and they make my skin crawl. Bugs bug me, what can I say?!
All that being said, I know God has a purpose with insects and it's not for me to determine their worth. He even mentions ants in the Bible, "Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer," (Proverbs 30:24). My "history" with ants comes from when I was little and had hid my Halloween candy under my bed to keep my brothers from eating it. At night I heard rustling sounds under my bed, (where as a child I already believed monsters lived) and after turning on the light and bravely investigating, there was an army of ants making waste of my candy. ACK! It gives me the heebie-jeebies even to this day.
But none-the-less, the ants were working to feed their colony, while I hoarded my prized candy only to eventually forget it was there. Isn't that true of so many of the things we buy, store, keep, dare I say, hoard? We're like small children who don't want something until someone else is interested in it. Even though we aren't using it, we still don't want to give it away to someone who might need it or really cherish it.
So we keep whatever "it" is until we forget about it under the bed where the bugs, moths, mites, etc. destroy it and it is of no use to anyone. What does God say about storing my candy under the bed? "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal" (Matthew 6:19).
All that being said, I know God has a purpose with insects and it's not for me to determine their worth. He even mentions ants in the Bible, "Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer," (Proverbs 30:24). My "history" with ants comes from when I was little and had hid my Halloween candy under my bed to keep my brothers from eating it. At night I heard rustling sounds under my bed, (where as a child I already believed monsters lived) and after turning on the light and bravely investigating, there was an army of ants making waste of my candy. ACK! It gives me the heebie-jeebies even to this day.
But none-the-less, the ants were working to feed their colony, while I hoarded my prized candy only to eventually forget it was there. Isn't that true of so many of the things we buy, store, keep, dare I say, hoard? We're like small children who don't want something until someone else is interested in it. Even though we aren't using it, we still don't want to give it away to someone who might need it or really cherish it.
So we keep whatever "it" is until we forget about it under the bed where the bugs, moths, mites, etc. destroy it and it is of no use to anyone. What does God say about storing my candy under the bed? "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal" (Matthew 6:19).
Ants carrying wheat on the top of Mt. Arbel in Israel.
Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
Wow. This was an eye opener!
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