Worm Lessons

On my daily walk this morning I was thinking about the worms I always see trying to get from one side of the driveway to the grass. It's often a struggle to travel across the rocks  without drying up before they get to the dewy haven of grass.

I wonder what they think? What drives them to roam and take the chance of a hungry bird spying them when they look like long stark twigs laying on those light colored rocks. This morning I saw one stretched out on the road! Boy, is he gonna be in trouble, I thought. He wasn't even heading across the road, but down the road. Turn a little to the left and head for the hills grass, little buddy!

I guess God knows what they are doing, where they are heading and why. He created them and surely there is a purpose to their madness.

I think we are a little like those worms. When we're young we start our own journeys, often without a plan or goal. We don't know what we're doing but yet we keep heading down the road, seeking the something good, like that cool wet grass is to worms. We struggle an awful lot.When we no longer feel that we are going to get anywhere and things aren't going so good (drying up), then we have the option of reaching out to ask God for help. We can ask, and we can know that our God hears us when we cry out to Him. We know that He will save us regardless of how badly we have messed up our journey, or how far we went while ignoring Him.

This past week, not too far from here there was a senseless tragedy and 12 people suddenly lost their lives. I wonder how many of them were ready to meet Jesus face to face. While our hearts break for these victims and their families let this event also remind us that life is short and you never know when it may be your own last day on earth. Please, please be ready for that moment by asking Jesus to come into your life today. You know He died for you, right? He took your sins that would have kept you from God's presence on Himself and did away with it once and for all. You just need to believe that.

VB STRONG