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Posted by barrykind (Member # 35) on :

I LOVE TO WATCH THEM IN THE SUMMER..FLASHING IN THE DARK. HOW ABOUT
YOU. .FASCINATING

Lightning Bugs

What is the deal with Lightning Bugs? I mean, here is this rather
ordinary looking flying insect, but wait ... They have 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 have a feeling it may be quite simple. 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 is 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.

by Ruth Ann Martinelli"

Posted by INWARDLY (Member # 2493) on :

Thank you,

Posting this info has brought joy to my heart. And anyone else who reads this I hope that it does the same for them. I believe that lighting bugs are symbolic to the way we as Christians, can give light in such a dark world. Remember when God told Abraham about the stars of the sky. If you don't, I encourage for you to look it up. Also how the wings carry the light to and fro, we as Christians can carry the light around the world. I think that lighting bugs are an expression of Gods Love, in the fact that He wants to light are hearts with the light of His.