A Small World After All

A Small World After All

God’s Small World

God made a tiny, shiny world in blades of grass and flowers,

Where crickets creep and spiders spin and dewdrops fall in showers.

And in this small, this crawly world are secrets and surprises.

The caterpillars creeping here wear summertime disguises.

No one but God could think of it; I don’t know how or why

The caterpillar soon becomes a lovely butterfly.

                                         –Blanche Day Manos

Insects exist in their own world and have lots of things to teach us, if we’d pay attention. Children notice. Is it because they are closer to the ground and view the movement of tiny things among the grass with curiosity?

“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces” (Proverbs 30:28). The splendor of early morning dew sparkling on a spider web rivals that of rubies and emeralds.

God’s small world of insects and flowers is fascinating, beautiful, and intricate. Everything is balanced. Everything works in accordance with a master plan. I don’t know how it works; that is a mystery known only to the Creator.

As I began writing this post about insects, for the first time ever, a small six-legged creature whose origin I do not know, crawled across my computer screen. Was it a coincidence?  That is a mystery.

 

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