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
lightning bug glow? 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. Lightning 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's 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....
Lightning Bugs
