I have a love/hate relationship with insects. Childhood summers frequently found me chasing orange Monarchs, yellow Swallowtails, and a variety of other brightly colored butterflies through fields with my net … and … smearing calamine lotion on painful bee stings and spider bites.
Not sure why God made mosquitoes and bald-faced hornets, but I’m grateful for honeybees’ honey; butterflies’ beauty; and the incredible diversity of insects we share this planet with. With over one million different kinds of known insects, they’re the most numerous species accounting for 80% of all animal life . . . it just ‘bugs’ me we’re so outnumbered 😊
Roaming outside today, I noticed a small twig on my leg. Reaching to brush it off . . . it moved! Don’t know which of the million species this anorexic little critter belongs to, but it clung to my skin long enough for me to click a pic before flicking it off. That this miniature stick critter has fully functional circulatory, respiratory, digestive, sensory and locomotive systems astounds me!
A while later I spied a rare Catablueus rhinoscerus … I just made up this Genus species 😊… and have absolutely no idea what this creepy crawler is other than some type of juicy, plump caterpillar sporting a prominent speckled, blue mini-rhino horn which cautioned me … DON’T TOUCH !!!
Insect diversity . . . the ‘logical’ result of eons of trail-and-error evolution, or the ‘mystical’ planned design of a Divine Creator. Both are theories, neither of which can be definitively proven. Both require a modicum of faith to bridge the belief gap. Romans 1:20 bridges the gap for me . . .
“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – His eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
Keep Looking Up ^ . . . His Best is Yet to Come!
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