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What is the deal with Lightning bugs? I mean, here is this
rather ordinary looking flying insect, but wait..it has a glow-in-the-dark end.
What was God thinking?
I'm sure science has all kinds of explanations about how this
fluorescent fanny is useful for mating and other stuff, but why did God choose
to make the lightning bug glow? There may be some crucial purpose for the
Lightning bug that I don't know about, but I have a feeling it may be quite
simple.
I wonder if when God was creating all the animals and everything
around us, he came up with the idea of the Lightning bug and said, "The kids are
gonna love this." We know that God loves us enough to create all the things we
need to survive, but does God loves us so much He created some things just to
make us smile?
Just seeing Lightning bugs takes me back to those warm summer nights
of my youth. I'd be running around the back yard with my empty Mason jar, racing
toward the flashing lights all around me. I can still feel the joy and hear the
laughter echoing through my memories.
Lighting bugs were as much a part of summer as fireworks, fresh
tomatoes, and big ice-cold slabs of juicy watermelon. (I also have a theory of
why God created watermelon seeds the perfect size to spit, but that is another
story.) God created so much diversity in this world, much more than is needed
for mere survival. He made all of this for us, and He wants us to enjoy it.
We can get so busy surrounding ourselves with man-made goods that we
don't notice the living tapestry God has laid out all around us. I guess
Lightning bugs do have a purpose after all. They are a reminder of a creative
God who loves us so much, He'd even paint the rear end of a bug...just to see us
smile!
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