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#8147 Wings Over The Mountains of Life



Ants
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"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:"

Yesterday on her way out of the house, my wife asked if I could
get the ants off the sofa before I left. I replied "of course."

I went into the den expecting to get some paper and kill two
maybe three ants. Little did I realize I had to add two zeros
behind those numbers; ants were everywhere!

Every time I would clean one sofa cushion another gang of ants
would emerge from hiding. Eventually I spent over an hour
pulling every cushion off the sofa, cleaning each one twice,
then pulling each section of the sofa out vacuuming in between
and under each one. At first I couldn't figure out why there
were so many ants until I saw what was under the sofa.

Spilled juice, cereal, popcorn, pop tarts, you name it and it
was under there. From this day forward the kids will do no more
eating on the sofa I told my wife when she got home. Looking at
these ants work I saw what the Bible verse meant.

First of all, the ants smelled their goal from the outside and
they had no respect for modern architecture nor brick
construction, they found a way in.

Second, they didn't care how little they were and how big we
were, they simply focused on the food.

Third, they didn't look at how heavy the food was nor how far
they had to carry it. All they did was follow the scent in
front of them, come and pickup pieces that I would have thought
were too big for their bodies and march right back to their home
with it.

Ants think Winter all Summer; because they don't know how long
Winter will last they gather all Summer.

Ants think Summer all Winter; they know that no matter how cold
and long the Winter is, or the first day of Summer they will be
out in the sunshine. They understand life is a cycle.
There are times when food is scarce, and there are other times
when people have a buffet under the sofa.

An ant not only gathers for itself but for the benefit of its
entire colony. It even has two stomachs, one for its own
digestion and one for storage to take food back to others.

Next time you go outside, take a minute to stoop down and follow
King Solomon's advice and observe the ant.

"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:"
Proverbs 6:6

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