Fireflies
I've never been in Lincoln in the summer. I've never seen the abundance of fireflies on Union's campus. The other night I stopped to take in the wonder that is the firefly, the lightning bug. I don't know much about them (I hear they don't live very long) but I know that God made them--maybe just for our enjoyment. I imagine their glowing butts have some other purpose, but a little part of me believe he did it just to fill our summers with wonder and magic. It worked for me.
Oswald Chambers says, "A human being is capable of depression, otherwise there would be no capacity for exaltation. . . . When the Spirit of God comes He does not give us visions, He tells us to do the most ordinary things conceivable. Depression is apt to turn us away from the ordinary commonplace things of God's creation, but whenever God comes, the inspiration is to do the most natural simple things--the things we would never have imagined God was in, and as we do them we find He is there."
I'm glad God made fireflies as an ordinary part of summer so that I could catch another glimpse of him in the midst of my humanity.
8 comments:
Yes. Good. Thanks for that.
(And not to take away from your point, but just so you're more knowledgable, pretty sure that the glowing of their butts is purposed to attract mates, kinda like a peacock's feathers. And it's no wonder they're both gorgeous.)
I love fireflies. Last summer at Mt. Aetna the fireflies were abundant. I remember walking alone back to my cabin one night and seeing what seemed like thousands of them along the trail. And in such beauty, there could be no doubt there is a God.
I also love Lincoln in the summer. I miss it.
good to see you posting. wish it happened more often. :)
For the record, the glowing butt does work well to attract mates. I speak from experience. 1,343 days ago i was just another guy, walkin' around with a glowing butt. And look at where ashley and i are now! Only 4 days away from getting married!
Time flies.
Good to see that you still know how to use blogger (and have something meaningful to say).
Beautiful. Thanks for thinking it, writing it, and posting it.
Gracias.
(And thanks for letting me post as an "other")
wow. i didn't know people still read this.
Oh yes, we still read. Well, sometimes we just check.
Apparently my brain and heart weren't working together when I posted above. I completely neglected to acknowledge what sweet things Ben wrote. He's a keeper. I think I'll marry him. Sunday.
Wow. It was so exciting to come to your page and see a new post. I actually almost clicked the "back" button before I realized that it was a new post. I was so excited that I could hardly comprehend the meaning of the post. By the way, it was very nice. I also love fireflies. We have them in our field here. And the sparkle at night while the deer and the foxes and groundhogs meander around our little home. Which we will be leaving soon. Goodbye first married home... (And all of this from the fireflies!)
My word verification was lkikmmmm. That's a weird one.
This one is dumpco. Another weird one.
Huh.
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