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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 rear 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 lightening bug glow?
I wonder if when God was creating all the animals and
creatures around us, he came up with the idea of the
Lightening Bug and said, “The kids are going to love this.”
We know that God loves us enough to create all the
things we need to survive, but does God love 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. My friends, siblings and I
would be running around the neighborhood with our
empty Mason jars, racing toward the flashing lights
all around us. I can still feel the joy and hear the
laughter echoing through my memories.
Lightning Bugs were as much a part of summer as
fireworks, fresh tomatoes, and big ice-cold slabs
of juicy watermelon.
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…
Let’s slow down in this fast paced world and enjoy
the simple things God has so lovingly placed before us.
Head outside tonight, watch the lightning bugs,
and relish in the memories of a childhood past.
And don’t forget to take your mason jar!
