Sitting in
the school driveway waiting on Hannah to get out of band I noticed a little
wooly worm as it made its way off the curb opposite me and started to cross the
driveway. The wind was blowing at full force as the little worm made its way
toward the grass on the side where I was parked. The wind was blowing leaves
across the lawn and the driveway and with each hard gust it would blow the
little worm’s wool. The little fellow would stop so as to hold onto the asphalt
and then start moving again. It never changed course and the wind never blew it
away. It made it into the safety of the grass in front of my car. Now by this
time you may be thinking, “Pastor Mike needs to get a life, resorting to
watching wooly worms’ means he has too much time on his hands.” You have heard
it said that we should stop to take time and smell the roses so what is wrong
with taking the time to watch a wooly worm?
Let me share
some facts with you (so you won’t have to Google it yourself) about the Wooly
Bear Caterpillar; which we call the wooly worm. It is an Isabella Tiger Moth.
The larva emerges from the egg in the fall and overwinters in its caterpillar
form, when it literally freezes solid. First its heart stops beating, then its
gut freezes, then its blood, followed by the rest of the body. In the spring it
thaws out and emerges to pupate. It emerges from its pupa as an Isabella Tiger
Moth. In the Arctic the summer period for vegetative growth - and hence feeding
- is so short that the Woolly Bear must feed for several summers, freezing
again each winter before finally pupating. Some are known to live through as
many as 14 winters! [1] Bet you
didn’t know that, did you?
The Bible teaches For since the creation of the world His
invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are
made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.[2]
Who are they who are without excuse? Those who believe there is no God. If God
can use a little wooly worm to teach me a lesson in endurance, facing the wind,
and staying on course, then He is able to keep me on course just as He kept
that little caterpillar. I doubt if anyone else seen it, but now many of you
will know about it. Funny how God can get a message across isn’t it? You may be
the one that God wanted to say this to today: hang in there!
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